- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 52 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Academic administrator Archie C. Epps III was born on May 19, 1937, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from Talladega College, and then entered Harvard Divinity School, where he graduated in 1961. Upon graduation, Epps became a teaching assistant. Politically active, he invited Malcolm X and Ralph Ellison to speak at Harvard, and in 1963, marched on Washington. In 1964, Epps was named assistant dean of students and six years later became dean, the first African-American administrator at Harvard. He remained in the post for thirty-one years. He also taught in Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies as a specialist in Islam. A longtime member of Christ Church in Cambridge, Epps was active with a number of other organizations. He served as a trustee of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for twenty years and was an overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Archie Epps died August 21, 2003 at age 66.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Archie C. Epps, III
- Archie C. Epps, III
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 998757144
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Archie C. Epps, III.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
015220
- 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.
- Event
Recorded Belmont, Massachusetts 2003 April 14.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Academic Administrator.
- Added Author
Epps, Archie C., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.