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The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Sylvester Rhem.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Sylvester Rhem.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Rhem, Sylvester, 1929-2007
  • Hodge, Adele
  • Haynes, Frank
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 24 min., 14 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
State representative Sylvester O'Neal Rhem was born on November 19, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Englewood High School in 1948, Rhem embarked upon a career as a mail carrier with the United States Post Office. In 1956, Rhem joined the Chicago Police Department, working in the Vice, Burglary and Task Force Units. He remained with the police department until 1965, when he accepted a position with the Urban Progress Center, a social service organization. During this time, Rhem earned a degree in public administration from DePaul University. In 1976, Rhem joined the staff of the Department of Human Services for the City of Chicago. He remained with the department until 1984. While there, Rhem was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, where he served from 1981 to 1985. He retired from public service in 1985, and became a management consultant with A.J. Rhem and Associates, a technology services consulting firm.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Sylvester Rhem
  • The Honorable Sylvester Rhem
Subject
  • Rhem, Sylvester, 1929-2007 > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • State Representative
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Frank Haynes.
OCLC
1000518510
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Sylvester Rhem.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
012414
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Frank Haynes.
Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 August 18.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
State Representative.
Added Author
Rhem, Sylvester, 1929-2007, interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Haynes, Frank, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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