- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (14 video files (6 hr., 23 min., 11 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Poet Abiodun Oyewole was born Charles Davis on February 25, 1948 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended a college in North Carolina where he earned his B.A. degree. He went on to earn his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in New York City where he served as a faculty member. Oyewole was a founding member of the American musical spieling group, The Last Poets. On May 19, 1968, the anniversary of Malcolm X's birthday, Oyewole and two others, David Nelson and Gylan Kain, read poetry in tribute to Malcolm X at a memorial for him, and the group was born. In 1970, The Last Poets were signed by jazz producer Alan Douglas and released their first album which includes their classic poem Niggers are Scared of Revolution. The Last Poets' spoken word albums foreshadowed the work of rap groups like Public Enemy and Dead Prez. The Last Poets performed at Lollapalooza in 1994.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Abiodun Oyewole
- Abiodun Oyewole
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- OCLC
- 1000518974
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Abiodun Oyewole.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
062311
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Shawn Wilson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2006 December 13.
Recorded New York, New York 2007 February 22.
Recorded New York, New York 2007 March 21.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Poet Spoken Word Artist.
- Added Author
Oyewole, Abiodun, interviewee.
Wilson, Shawn, interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.