Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Maurice Ashley.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Ashley, Maurice
• Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer)
• Burghelea, Neculai
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 40 min., 35 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley was born March 6, 1966 in St. Andrew, Jamaica. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was twelve years old. In high school, Ashley joined the Black Bear School of Chess, a local club of African American chess enthusiasts in Brooklyn. Within two years of his high school graduation, Ashley became a National Master of Chess. Ashley studied English in college, but in his free time coached the Raging Rooks chess team at a local junior high, leading the team to the national championship. In 1991, Ashley also became the Harlem Educational Activities Fund's chess director. In 1997, Ashley left his work as a chess coach and became the only African American to reach the rank of International Grand Master of Chess at the age of thirty-three. In 2003, Ashley became the U.S. Chess Federation's Grandmaster of the Year. Ashley also established the Maurice Ashley Foundation.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Maurice Ashley
• Maurice Ashley

Subject

• Ashley, Maurice > Interviews
• Ashley, Maurice
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Chess Grandmaster

Genre/Form

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

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.

OCLC

994208831

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Maurice Ashley.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

034035

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Adrienne Jones, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.

Event

Recorded New York, New York 2007 September 18.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

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

Indexed Term

Chess Grandmaster.

Added Author

Ashley, Maurice, interviewee.

Jones, Adrienne (Interviewer), interviewer.

Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.