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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Lois Conley
Lois Conley
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| Other authors / contributors: | Conley, Lois, 1946- 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 St. Louis, Missouri 2007 October 19.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Museum executive Lois Conley was born on July 29, 1946, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Conley received a certificate from Miss Hickey's Business School in Saint Louis; B.A. degree in communications in 1983; her M.A. degree in education in 1993 from Saint Louis University; and a graduate certificate in museum studies from the University of Missouri at Saint Louis in 2001. She founded the Griot Museum (previously, the Blackworld History Wax Museum) in St. Louis, based on her research into African-American history, the eastern expansion and the Underground Railroad. The museum features life-sized wax figures of famous African American. Conley sculpted many of the figures. It also includes a replica of a ship used to transport enslaved Africans. Conley received several honors including the YWCA's Special Leader Award; the Coalition of 100 Black Women's Village Builders' Award; the Older Women's League "Women of Worth Award"; and the Monsanto Y's "Zealot Award".
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