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The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Willie Logan.

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

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Logan, Willie, 1957-
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Hickey, Matthew
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 9 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Mayor and state legislator Willie Logan was born on February 16, 1957 in Northern Miami-Dade County, Florida. He received his A.A. degree from Miami-Dade College in Miami, Florida in 1976 and his B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He also received his M.B.A. degree in health care administration from the University of Miami in 1996. Logan was elected as mayor of Opa-locka, Florida in 1980, the same year he founded and became the president and CEO of Opa-locka Community Development Corporation. His term as mayor ended in 1982 when he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives where he was recognized as the most effective Democrat in legislature. In 2000, he left the Florida House of Representatives for an unsuccessful run for the Senate. After leaving the government, Logan continued to serve as president and CEO of the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Willie Logan
  • The Honorable Willie Logan
Subject
  • Logan, Willie, 1957- > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Mayor
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
OCLC
1000519474
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Willie Logan.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
020931
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 Opa-Locka, Florida 2017 March 8.
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
Logan, Willie, 1957- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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