The HistoryMakers video oral history with Charles Stewart, III.

Electrician and labor activist Charles Vernon Stewart was born on August 7, 1910 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was raised in Omaha, Nebraska and Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, Stewart attended Dore Elementary School, Phillips High School and graduated from Greer College, a trade school for electricians...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Stewart, Charles, III, 1910-2006 (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Stewart, Charles, > III, > 1910-2006 > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Electrician > Labor Activist.
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 (5 video files (2 hr., 6 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Charles Stewart, III
Charles Stewart, III
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Electrician and labor activist Charles Vernon Stewart was born on August 7, 1910 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was raised in Omaha, Nebraska and Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, Stewart attended Dore Elementary School, Phillips High School and graduated from Greer College, a trade school for electricians. Inspired by his stepfather, Sam Taylor, Stewart became an electrician. Since he was not allowed to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 134, Stewart and twenty other African American electricians organized under their own union charter in 1929. By 1943, Stewart and his African American colleagues were admitted to Local 134. Stewart was hired by Berry Electric in 1942, and became its first black foreman. Stewart built racially integrated teams, which excelled in large jobs, like the Jewell Grand Bazaar and the River Oaks Shopping Mall. Stewart, who retired from Berry Electric after thirty-seven years, lived on Chicago's south side. Stewart passed away on February 13, 2006, at age 95.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:02:06:20
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2004 December 13.
Source of Description:
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