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The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Harold D. Melton.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Harold D. Melton.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Melton, Harold D., 1966-
  • Pounds, Evelyn
  • Stearns, Scott
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 53 min., 50 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Judge Harold David Melton was born on September 25, 1966 in Washington, D.C. He grew up in Eastpointe and Marietta, Georgia. His father, Augustus A. Melton, Jr., was the first black person to manage the District of Columbia National Airport (now Reagan International Airport). Melton graduated from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama with his B.S. degree in international business and Spanish. In 1991, he received his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia. Melton served as section leader and assistant to the Attorney General in the Office of the Governor, in the Tax Division, for the state of Alabama. From 1998 to 2003, Melton supervised administrative staff and six lawyers in the Consumer Interests section. In 2003, he was appointed executive counsel to represent Governor Sonny Perdue on legal issues. In 2005, Melton was appointed Chief Justice to the Georgia Supreme Court at age thirty-eight.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Harold D. Melton
  • The Honorable Harold D. Melton
Subject
  • Melton, Harold D., 1966- > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • State Supreme Court Judge
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Scott Stearns.
OCLC
1000518932
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Harold D. Melton.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
015350
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Evelyn Pounds, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Event
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2006 February 17.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
State Supreme Court Judge.
Added Author
Melton, Harold D., 1966- interviewee.
Pounds, Evelyn, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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