- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 22 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Chief executive Wilhelmina Rolark was born on September 27, 1916 in Portsmouth, Virginia. In 1933, she graduated from high school. She attended Howard University from 1933-1937 earning a B.S. degree and M.A. degree in political science. In 1944, she earned her J.D. degree from the Robert H. Terrell Law School in Washington, D.C. In 1969, Rolark and her husband, the late Dr. Calvin Rolark, founded the United Black Fund, a non-profit organization that provides funding to community-based organizations. In 1970, she founded the National Association of Black Women Attorneys. In 1976, she was elected to Washington, D.C. city council, where she went on to serve four consecutive terms. In 1994, she was unanimously elected as the President /CEO, United Black Fund, a position she held for twelve years. Rolark also served on the National Board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Rolark passed away on February 14, 2006, at the age of 89.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Wilhelmina Rolark
- Wilhelmina Rolark
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.
- OCLC
- 998757494
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Wilhelmina Rolark.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
022238
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.
- Event
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 May 19.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Foundation Chief Executive.
- Added Author
Rolark, Wilhelmina, 1916-2006, interviewee.
Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.