The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Wright.

City administrator, civil rights activist, and corporate executive Robert Lee Wright was born on March 17, 1937, in Columbus, Georgia. Wright graduated in 1960 from Ohio State University College of Optometry with his degree in optometry. He returned to Georgia where he began practicing as an optomet...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors:	Wright, Robert, 1937- (Interviewee) Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer) Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Published:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:	Wright, Robert, > 1937- > Interviews. Wright, Robert. African Americans > Interviews. African Americans. Technology Chief Executive > Civil Rights Activist > City Council Member. 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., 20 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:	History Makers video oral history with Robert Wright Robert Wright
Format:	Electronic Video

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