Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bonnie St. John.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• St. John, Bonnie
• Cole, Harriette
• Hickey, Matthew
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 29 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Skier Bonnie St. John was born on November 7, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan. With a stunted leg at birth, St. John was forced to have her leg amputated at age 5, but soon found a love of skiing. In 1984, she qualified for the 1984 Paralympics, where she became the second fastest woman in the world on one leg, and the first African American to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics or Winter Olympics. She graduated from Harvard University in 1986, and won a Rhodes scholarship, attending Oxford University, where she earned her M.Litt. degree in economics. St. John had a short career at IBM before she became a director for Human Capital Issues on the White House National Economic Council. St. John founded Blue Circle Leadership in 1994, to assist companies in creating a culture of sustainable growth. In 2010, she was a member of President Barack Obama's official delegation to the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. She authored six books.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Bonnie St. John
• Bonnie St. John

Subject

• St. John, Bonnie > Interviews
• St. John, Bonnie
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Skier

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

OCLC

1000519593

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bonnie St. John.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Playing Time

022903

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Harriette Cole, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Event

Recorded New York, New York 2016 August 11.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Skier.

Added Author

St. John, Bonnie, interviewee.

Cole, Harriette, interviewer.

Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.