- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (11 video files (5 hr., 9 min., 29 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Former Mayor Sharon Pratt was born on January 30, 1934 in Washington, D.C. In 1965, she earned her B.S. degree in political science from Howard University and her J.D. degree in 1968 from Howard University Law School. Pratt became in-house counsel for the Joint Center for Political Studies in 1970. In 1971, she joined the law firm Pratt & Queen PC as an associate. In 1972, Pratt became a law professor at Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. until 1976 when she became the Associate General Counsel for Potomac Electric Power Company. In 1982, Pratt directed the failed mayoral campaign for Patricia Robert Harris, and married Arrington Dixon. Pratt was promoted to Director of Consumer Affairs for Potomac Electric in 1979 and then Vice President of Consumer Affairs in 1983. In 1990, Pratt won the mayoral election in Washington, D.C. and in 1994 was defeated by former Marion Barry. In 2002, Pratt started her Pratt Consulting firm.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Sharon Pratt
- The Honorable Sharon Pratt
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 998758609
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Sharon Pratt.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
050929
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Cheryl Butler, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2007 July 26.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2008 January 29.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Mayor.
- Added Author
Kelly, Sharon Pratt, 1944- interviewee.
Butler, Cheryl B. (Cheryl Blanche), 1967- interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.