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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Angela Vallot.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Angela Vallot.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Vallot, Angela, 1956-
  • Cole, Harriette
  • Stearns, Scott
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 57 min., 26 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Lawyer and corporate executive Angela Vallot was born on November 8, 1956 in Abbeville, Louisiana. She earned her B.A. degree from Mills College in 1977, and her J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1980. From 1985 to 1997, Vallot practiced law at the law firms of Jones Day, and Arent Fox. She served on President Bill Clinton's transition team in 1992 and as acting director of the Office of White House Liaison. Vallot joined Texaco, Inc. in 1997, as the company's first chief diversity officer, following a $176 million racial discrimination lawsuit. At Texaco, Vallot created the Office of Corporate Diversity Initiatives, and chaired its Corporate Diversity Council. In 2001, Vallot joined Colgate-Palmolive as chief diversity officer, leaving in 2003 to found VallotKarp Consulting. Vallot served on several corporate boards, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Dance Theater of Harlem, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and Sentinel Group Mutual Funds.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Angela Vallot
  • Angela Vallot
Subject
  • Vallot, Angela, 1956- > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Lawyer Corporate Chief Executive
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Scott Stearns.
OCLC
1003150912
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Angela Vallot.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
025726
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, Scott Stearns.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 December 15.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Lawyer Corporate Chief Executive.
Added Author
Vallot, Angela, 1956- interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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