The HistoryMakers video oral history with H. Mitsy Wilson.

Corporate executive H. Mitsy Wilson was born on December 13, 1950 in Georgetown, Guyana. She graduated from the College of Mount Saint Vincent with her B.A. degree in sociology and social work. From 1972 to 1981, Wilson worked for WPIX-TV as a commercial coordinator; the Seamen's Society for Childre...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Wilson, H. Mitsy, 1950- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Wilson, H. Mitsy, > 1950- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Diversity Specialist.
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 (7 video files (3 hr., 27 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with H. Mitsy Wilson
H. Mitsy Wilson
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Corporate executive H. Mitsy Wilson was born on December 13, 1950 in Georgetown, Guyana. She graduated from the College of Mount Saint Vincent with her B.A. degree in sociology and social work. From 1972 to 1981, Wilson worked for WPIX-TV as a commercial coordinator; the Seamen's Society for Children and Families as a social worker; and for the New York Board of Education as director of counseling and special projects. From 1981 until 1988, she worked in management positions at New York Airlines and Continental Airlines. Then, after serving as a top executive of diversity and leadership development at Times-Mirror Company from 1988 to 1999, Wilson was named senior vice president of diversity development at Fox Entertainment Group in 2000, where she became the highest-ranking African American female executive at the company. She then assumed responsibility for all diversity efforts for News Corporation in 2005. In 2011, Wilson became a founding partner of ForAfrica.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:03:27:45
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Mission Viejo, California 2013 December 20.
Source of Description:
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