Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Carol L. Adams.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Adams, Carol L., 1944-
• Crowe, Larry F.
• Stearns, Scott
• Hickey, Matthew
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 11 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color.

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.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Carol L. Adams
• Carol L. Adams

Subject

• Adams, Carol L., 1944- > Interviews
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Museum Director

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Scott Stearns.
• Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

OCLC

994208658

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Carol L. Adams.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Playing Time

041138

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Larry Crowe, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Event

Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 April 7.

Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2010 August 24.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Museum Director.

Added Author

Adams, Carol L., 1944- interviewee.

Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.

Stearns, Scott, director of photography.

Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.