- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 14 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Mayor Ron Kirk was born in Austin, Texas on June 27, 1954. After earning his B.A. degree from Austin College in 1976, he earned his J.D. degree in 1979 from the University of Texas School of Law. After two years of private practice, Kirk went to work for Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. After moving to Washington, D.C. to work in the Clinton Administration, Kirk returned to Texas as Texas Secretary of State. In 1995, he was elected as the first African American mayor of Dallas. He was reelected in 1999. As mayor, Kirk was credited for revitalizing the Dallas economy. He stepped down as mayor in 2001 to run for the U.S. Senate but lost. Kirk returned to the practice of law and sat on the board of several corporations and organizations. In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Kirk as U.S. Trade Representative, where he served until 2013.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Ron Kirk
- The Honorable Ron Kirk
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1000518812
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Ron Kirk.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
031412
- 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 Dallas, Texas 2004 October 25.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Mayor.
- Added Author
Kirk, Ron, 1954- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.