- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 46 min., 11 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Broadcast executive Sheryl Riley Gripper was born on December 16, 1951 in South Waco, Texas. She received her B.A. degree in English from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Georgia State University earning two masters degrees, one in education and the other in film. Gripper founded the Film Preservation Project for Black Women in 1997 while working on her master's degrees. She then worked as promotions manager at WETV-Channel 30 and WABE-FM. Gripper won four Emmy Awards and created the Bronze Jubilee Awards, a program that annually honored African American culture. She served as vice president of community relations for WXIA-TV Channel 11 where she worked as a producer for 11 Alive's Community Service Awards. She founded the Black Women Film Network and was published in Atlanta Business Journal's "100 Most Influential African American Women in Atlanta". Gripper wrote and produced the documentary, "I Didn't Make Him, God Did".
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Sheryl Riley Gripper
- Sheryl Riley Gripper
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Adrian Jackson.
- OCLC
- 1003150396
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sheryl Riley Gripper.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
024611
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Evelyn Pounds, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Adrian Jackson.
- Event
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2005 December 19.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Broadcast Executive.
- Added Author
Gripper, Sheryl, interviewee.
Pounds, Evelyn, interviewer.
Jackson, Adrian, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.