Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Vincent Harding
Vincent Harding
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| Other authors / contributors: | Harding, Vincent, interviewee.
Wilson, Shawn, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Shawn Wilson, interviewer.
Recorded Denver, Colorado 2006 April 21.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Theologian and civil rights activist Vincent Gordon Harding was born on July 25, 1931 in New York City. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1952 and earned his M.S. degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1953. He founded and served as co-chair of the Veterans of Hope Project. Harding is also a professor of religion and social transformation at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He was involved in a variety of national and international peace and justice-related concerns. Harding was the first director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He also authored numerous essays and nine books. He served as senior academic advisor for film and television projects involving African American history and the Civil Rights Movement, including the notable PBS television series Eyes on the Prize. Harding passed away on May 19, 2014 at age 83.
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