- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 13 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Mayor and academic administrator Richard Arrington Jr. was born on October 19, 1934 in Livingston, Alabama. He graduated from Fairfield Industrial High School in 1951 in Fairfield, Alabama. In 1955, Arrington received his B.S. in biology from Miles College in Fairfield. In 1957, he received his M.S. degree from the University of Detroit in Michigan, where he worked as a graduate assistant. He received his Ph.D. degree in zoology from the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 1966. At the urging of Miles College President Lucius Pitts, Arrington accepted an appointment as acting dean and director of the summer school. He was soon promoted to chair of the natural sciences department and then, dean of the college. In 1971, Arrington entered politics in a successful run for city council. Eight years later, he became the first African-American mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama. He served 20 years, from 1979 to 1999.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Richard Arrington
- The Honorable Richard Arrington
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 998760259
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Richard Arrington.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
021352
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Denise Gines, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Birmingham, Alabama 2017 May 04.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Mayor.
- Added Author
Arrington, Richard, interviewee.
Gines, Denise, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.