- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (8 video files (4 hr., 5 min.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Politician and educator Anita J. Ponder was born on April 16, 1961 in Fort Valley, Georgia, the oldest of three children. She obtained her B.S. degree in journalism/communications from Florida A&M University and her J.D. degree from the South Texas College of Law, a private school in Houston, Texas. She resigned a lucrative Houston law practice to become judge of the Municipal Court in her hometown, where she pursued a career in the public and civic sector. Active in the community, her annual Holiday Feast for All feeds members of the Macon community during the holiday season. She served as president of the Macon City Council and director of education at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia, the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. Living in Macon, Georgia, she enjoyed her hobbies as an equestrian and as a collector of antique cars and luxury and vintage watches.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Anita J. Ponder
- Anita J. Ponder
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Adrian Jackson.
- OCLC
- 998758057
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Anita J. Ponder.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
040500
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Evelyn Pounds, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Adrian Jackson.
- Event
Recorded Macon, Georgia 2006 January 19.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Museum Executive City Council Member.
- Added Author
Ponder, Anita J., 1961- interviewee.
Pounds, Evelyn, interviewer.
Jackson, Adrian, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.