The HistoryMakers video oral history with Larry Langford.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Larry Langford.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 41 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Langford, Larry, -- 1948- -- Interviews. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Internet videos. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Oral histories. Oral histories. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11318296

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with Larry Langford Larry Langford
Other authors / contributors:	Langford, Larry, 1948- interviewee. Gines, Denise, interviewer. Stearns, Scott, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Scott Stearns. Denise Gines, interviewer. Recorded Birmingham, Alabama 2007 March 21. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	County commissioner and mayor Larry Langford was born in Birmingham, Alabama on March 17, 1948. He received his B.A. degree in social and behavioral science from the University of Alabama. He studied public policy at Harvard University and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Miles College. After serving in the United States Air Force, Langford launched his career as a television reporter for WBRC-6 in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1979, he joined the Birmingham City Council. In 1982, he moved to Fairfield, Alabama where he was elected mayor. During his fourteen years in office, Langford played a major role in building Visionland Theme Park (now Alabama Splash Adventure). After his tenure as mayor, Langford was elected in 2002 to the Jefferson County Commission in Birmingham. Re-elected in 2006, he served as the Commission president as well as the Commissioner of Finance and General Services. In 2007, Langford was elected mayor of Birmingham.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 41 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color. 014130
Playing Time:	01:41:30
Production Credits:	Videographer, Scott Stearns.