The HistoryMakers video oral history with Carol L. Adams.

Nonprofit director Carol L. Adams was born on May 11, 1944 in Louisville, Kentucky. She received her B.A. degree from Fisk University in 1965 and pursued graduate study in sociology at Boston University and the University of Chicago, earning her Ph.D. degree from the Union Graduate School in 1976. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Adams, Carol L., 1944- (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:
Adams, Carol L., > 1944- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Museum Director.
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 (9 video files (4 hr., 11 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Carol L. Adams
Carol L. Adams
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Nonprofit director Carol L. Adams was born on May 11, 1944 in Louisville, Kentucky. She received her B.A. degree from Fisk University in 1965 and pursued graduate study in sociology at Boston University and the University of Chicago, earning her Ph.D. degree from the Union Graduate School in 1976. Adams began her career as research director of Northeastern Illinois University's Center for Inner City Studies (CICS) from 1968 to 1978. She subsequently led Loyola University's African American studies program and later served as the director of resident services for the Chicago Housing Authority as well as the director of Chicago's Museums and Public Schools program. Adams returned to CICS as executive director in 2000. In 2003, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich named Adams secretary of the Department of Human Services. Adams was president and chief executive officer of the DuSable Museum of African American History from 2009 until her retirement in 2014.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:04:11:38
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 April 7.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2010 August 24.
Source of Description:
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