The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bob Black.

Photographer Bob Black was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 4, 1939. After briefly attending Woodrow Wilson Junior College, Black left school to work. His first job as a photographer was with the Chicago Defender in 1965, by then the largest African American-owned newspaper in the nation. In 1968,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Black, Bob, 1939- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Black, Bob, > 1939- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Photographer.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 40 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Bob Black
Bob Black
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Photographer Bob Black was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 4, 1939. After briefly attending Woodrow Wilson Junior College, Black left school to work. His first job as a photographer was with the Chicago Defender in 1965, by then the largest African American-owned newspaper in the nation. In 1968, Black went to work at the Chicago Sun-Times. In addition to his photojournalism, Black was a founding member of the Chicago Alliance of African American Photographers, created to promote the work of its members and educate future generations. Black also devoted time to personal projects, such as his photographic series on life in the Dominican Republic. In 2001, CAAAP and the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art had a month-long showing of work by local African American photographers, including Black. His work won first place at the World Press Photo Competition as well as numerous other awards.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:02:40:17
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 January 17.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 February 27.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.