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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Carruthers, Jacob H.
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Stearns, Scott
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 42 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Professor Jacob Carruthers was born on February 15, 1930, in Dallas, Texas. He received his B.A. degree from Samuel Houston College in 1950; his M.A. degree from Texas Southern University in 1958; and, his Ph.D. degree in political studies from the University of Colorado in 1966. In 1968, Carruthers became a professor in the Center for Inner City Studies at Northeastern Illinois University. He remodeled the program's curricula with a focus on pan-Africanism. He earned respect as one of the world's leading experts on Egyptology and classical African civilizations. He conducted study tours to many African nations, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Senegal. Carruthers wrote and edited hundreds of articles, scholarly texts and books. He served as the founder of the Kemetic Institute in 1978, and was founding president to the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations in 1984. Carruthers passed away on January 5, 2004 at age 74.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.
  • Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.
Subject
  • Carruthers, Jacob H. > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • African American Studies Professor
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Scott Stearns.
OCLC
1000501985
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
034212
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 Chicago, Illinois 2002 May 13.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
African American Studies Professor.
Added Author
Carruthers, Jacob H., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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