Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with James Cheek.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Cheek, James E.
• Crowe, Larry F.
• Johnson, Sandra, 1938-2010
• Stearns, Scott
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 33 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

College president James Edward Cheek was born December 4, 1932, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. He earned his B.A. degree from Shaw University in 1955; his M.Div. degree from Colgate Rochester University in 1958; and his Ph.D. degree from Drew University in 1962. Prior to college, Cheek served in the U. S. Air Force in Korea in 1951. He was named president of Shaw University in 1963. In 1968, he was appointed president of Howard University. During Cheek's twenty-year tenure at Howard, the student population increased by 3,500 and the number of colleges, research programs, faculty, and Ph.D. programs grew dramatically. Under Cheek, Howard's budget increased from $43 million to $417 million. He was named Washingtonian of the Year twice while he served as president of Howard, and was awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Cheek passed away January 12, 2010 at age 77.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with James Cheek
• James Cheek

Subject

• Cheek, James E. > Interviews
• Cheek, James E
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• University President

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Scott Stearns.

OCLC

1000518680

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with James Cheek.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Playing Time

033315

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.

Sandra Ford Johnson, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

Event

Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 September 16.

Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 November 6.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

University President.

Added Author

Cheek, James E., interviewee.

Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.

Johnson, Sandra, 1938-2010, interviewer.

Stearns, Scott, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.