The HistoryMakers video oral history with Paul Adams, III.

High school principal and civil rights activist Paul Joseph Adams, III was born on September 14, 1940 in Montgomery, Alabama. Adams obtained his B.A. degree from Alabama State University and then moved to Chicago, where he worked in mental health education while earning his M.A. in psychology from N...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Adams, Paul, III, 1940- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Adams, Paul, > III, > 1940- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Civil Rights Activist > High School Principal.
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., 56 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Paul Adams, III
Paul Adams, III
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
High school principal and civil rights activist Paul Joseph Adams, III was born on September 14, 1940 in Montgomery, Alabama. Adams obtained his B.A. degree from Alabama State University and then moved to Chicago, where he worked in mental health education while earning his M.A. in psychology from Northeastern Illinois University. In 1971, Adams was hired as director of guidance for Providence-St. Mel School, a Catholic high school, and was appointed school principal a year later. When the Chicago Archdiocese withdrew the school's funding in 1978, Adams led a national campaign to save Providence-St. Mel, which was successfully converted to an independent, non-profit institution. Adams, who served as president of Providence-St. Mel from 1996, has been credited with transforming the school into a premiere learning institution. Adams has received numerous awards for his efforts and was voted Man of the Year by the Chicago Urban League.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:02:56:42
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 March 11.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.