Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Solomon Herbert
Solomon Herbert
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| Other authors / contributors: | Herbert, Solomon J., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., 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.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Zan Nuys, California 2013 December 19.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Publisher and photojournalist Solomon J. Herbert was born on June 24, 1939 in New York City and attended the City College of New York. In the 1960s, Herbert served as second national vice president of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) under Jim Farmer and then under Floyd McKissick. He became president of the Bronx CORE and then established and ran several programs for disadvantaged youth. From 1981 to 1994, Herbert was a full-time freelance print and photo journalist and produced over 800 articles that appeared in numerous publications. In 1994, he co-founded, with his wife Gloria, Black Meetings & Tourism magazine where he served as publisher and editor-in-chief. Herbert served as executive producer of Globetrotting, a travel television series that debuted on BET on Jazz in 2002. He sits on the board of the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers, and was a member of Travel Professionals of Color Advisory Board.
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