The HistoryMakers video oral history with Shirlee Haizlip.

Television executive and author Shirlee Taylor Haizlip was born on September 3, 1937 in Stratford, Connecticut. She graduated from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts with her B.A. degree in 1959, and Harvard University's School of Urban Design with her M.A. degree in urban planning in 196...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor > Interviews.
Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Author.
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., 52 min., 46 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Shirlee Haizlip
Shirlee Haizlip
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Television executive and author Shirlee Taylor Haizlip was born on September 3, 1937 in Stratford, Connecticut. She graduated from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts with her B.A. degree in 1959, and Harvard University's School of Urban Design with her M.A. degree in urban planning in 1966. In 1975, Haizlip joined WBNB-TV where she became the first African American to serve as general manager of a CBS-TV affiliate. She then served as director of corporate communications for WNET-TV in New York City. Haizlip also authored several books: The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White, In the Garden of Our Dreams, and Finding Grace: Two Sisters and the Search for Meaning beyond the Color Line. The University of New Haven awarded Haizlip an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Degree, and Wellesley College honored her as an "Outstanding Alumnae" along with former U.S. Secretary of States Hillary Rodham Clinton and Madeline K. Albright.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:02:52:46
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Los Angeles, California 2013 November 16.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.