Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Marion McElroy
Marion McElroy
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| Other authors / contributors: | McElroy, Marion, 1922-2017, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, 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, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Minneapolis, Minnesota 2002 August 10.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Corporate and association executive Marion McElroy was born on March 16, 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the third of four children born to Ruth Jordan-Majors and Andrew Majors. McElroy gave many years of service to her Twin Cities community. She was a member of the NAACP, the Urban League, the Minneapolis Socialites, U Meet Us and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). She was one of six people chosen to oversee activities of the 635,000-member AARP Minnesota branch where she served as diversity outreach specialist and a member since 1984. She served as Youth Employment Director for the National Alliance of Businessmen. She was a board member for twenty years at Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, the oldest African American institution in the Twin Cities where McElroy was involved most of her life. From 1969 to 1986, McElroy worked for Northwestern Bell where she coordinated the continuing Corporate Minority Business Exchange event to promote minority-owned and-operated businesses.
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