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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Archie C. Epps, III.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Archie C. Epps, III.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Epps, Archie C.
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Stearns, Scott
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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
  • Epps, Archie C. > Interviews
  • Epps, Archie C
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Academic Administrator
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:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
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.
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