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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Bea L. Hines
Bea L. Hines
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| Other authors / contributors: | Hines, Bea L., 1938- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Champagne, Curt, 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, Curt Champagne.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Miami Gardens, Florida 2014 September 11.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Journalist Beatrice "Bea" L. Hines was born in Williston, Florida in 1938. Hines was raised in Miami, Florida and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1956. In 1966, she was hired as a file clerk in The Miami Herald's library. A year later in 1967, Hines enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College where she studied journalism for three years. In June of 1970, she was promoted to general assignment reporter at The Miami Herald becoming the first African American woman to work in a full-time position at the paper. Hines covered education and worked in the "Living Today" section of The Herald. The Herald honored her with the Service Among Us Award. She also wrote a number of columns for The Miami Herald. In 1981, her columns were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. In 1985, she was one of the top five woman columnists in the country according to Savoy magazine.
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