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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Chavis, Ben, 1948- interviewee.
Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Warwick, Rick, director of photography.
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, Rick Warwick.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 December 20.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2005 February 2.
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| Summary: | Nonprofit chief executive Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Jr. was born on January 22, 1948, in Oxford, North Carolina. He received his B.S. degree from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte; his M.Div. degree from Duke University; and his D.Min. degree from Howard University. In 1971, Chavis became program director of the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice. In 1972, he and the "Wilmington 10" were convicted of conspiracy and arson. After serving nearly a decade in prison, the charges were overturned. In 1985, Chavis was named CEO of the UCC-CRJ. In 1993, he served as executive director and CEO of the NAACP. In 1995, he was appointed national director of the Million Man March and was later named East Coast Regional Minister of the Nation of Islam. In 2001, Chavis co-founded the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. In 2014, he was elected interim president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
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