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The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Michael Nutter.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Michael Nutter.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Nutter, Michael A., 1957-
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Hickey, Matthew
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 19 min., 39 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Mayor Michael Nutter was born on June 29, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nutter attended St. Joseph's Preparatory School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, earning his B.A. degree in business administration in 1979. Nutter began his political career in 1983, at age twenty-six, working for Philadelphia Councilman John Anderson. After serving as Democratic committee person and ward leader, Nutter was elected as the Fourth District Councilman in 1991, unseating longtime Councilwoman Ann Land. As councilman, Nutter created an independent ethics board and passed the Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law. In 2007, after fifteen years as the Fourth District Councilman, Nutter became the third African American mayor in Philadelphia's history succeeding former mayor John Street. Nutter significantly reduced crime and homicide rates and raised high school graduation rates. Nutter was re-elected to a second term in 2011 and sworn into office on January 2, 2012.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Michael Nutter
  • The Honorable Michael Nutter
Subject
  • Nutter, Michael A., 1957- > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Mayor
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
OCLC
1000519246
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Michael Nutter.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
011939
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, Matthew Hickey.
Event
Recorded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2012 May 24.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Mayor.
Added Author
Nutter, Michael A., 1957- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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