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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Mary T. Christian
The Honorable Mary T. Christian
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| Other authors / contributors: | Christian, Mary T., interviewee.
Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Lane, Edgar Carey, 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, Edgar Carey Lane.
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Recorded Hampton, Virginia 2004 July 20.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Professor and state legislator Mary Taylor Christian was born August 9, 1924, in Hampton, Virginia. In 1941, she earned her high school diploma from Phenix High School in Hampton, Virginia. Christian earned her B.S. degree in education from Hampton University in 1955; her M.A. degree in speech and drama from Columbia University in 1960; and her Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University. From 1955 until 1960, she worked as a teacher in Hampton public schools. She also taught at Hampton Institute (now university). In 1980, she was appointed dean of Hampton's school of education. Christian was the first African American to serve on the Hampton City School Board. In 1986, she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, becoming the first African American to represent the city of Hampton since Reconstruction. She served seven consecutive terms in the Virginia General Assembly where she championed legislation on education and health care.
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