- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 27 min., 9 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Lawyer and politician Dianne Wilkerson was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on May 2, 1955. After moving north with her family to avoid persecution at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, Wilkerson earned her B.S. degree in public administration from the American International College in 1978, and her J.D. degree from Boston College in 1981. After working as an attorney and serving as assistant legal counsel to then-governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, Wilkerson made history by becoming the first African American woman to become a partner in a major Boston law firm in 1987. In 1992, Wilkerson later made history again when she became the first African American woman to be elected to the Massachusetts State Senate. Wilkerson, while in her sixth term, where she worked to ensure that historically underrepresented peoples had their voices heard.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson
- The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1003150317
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
022709
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Robert Hayden, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Boston, Massachusetts 2005 January 27.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
State Senator.
- Added Author
Wilkerson, Dianne, interviewee.
Hayden, Robert C., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.