- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 9 min., 10 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Mayor and law enforcement official Lee Patrick Brown was born October 4, 1937, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Brown graduated from Fresno State University with his B.S. degree in criminology in 1960. In 1964, Brown earned his M.A. degree in sociology from San Jose State University. At the University of California, Berkeley, he earned his M.A. degree in criminology in 1968 and his Ph.D. degree in 1970. Brown became chairman and professor of the Department of Administration of Justice at Portland State University in 1968, and later taught at Howard University. In 1974, Brown was named sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon; and, in 1978, public safety commissioner of Atlanta, Georgia. He was chief of police in Houston, Texas for eight years before being hired as police commissioner of New York City. President William Jefferson Clinton appointed Brown "Drug Czar" from 1993 to 1996. Brown served as mayor of Houston, Texas from 1998 to 2004.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Lee P. Brown
- The Honorable Lee P. Brown
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1000518698
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Lee P. Brown.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
030910
- 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 Houston, Texas 2004 November 4.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Mayor.
- Added Author
Brown, Lee P., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.