Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with William Lee
William Lee
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| Other authors / contributors: | Lee, William H., 1936- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
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, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Sacramento, California 2013 November 5.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Publisher William H. Lee was born on May 29, 1936 in Austin, Texas. Williams attended Sacramento State College from 1953 to 1955 and went on to earn his B.A. degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley in 1957. Lee, along with Glino Gladden and John W. Cole, founded the Sacramento Observer on November 22, 1962. Lee became president and sole publisher of the paper in 1965. He also founded Lee Publishing, Co. Lee went on to serve on board of directors of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and was elected as president of the West Coast Black Publishers Association in 1974. In addition, Lee was founder and past president of the Men's Civic League of Sacramento, co-founder of the Sacramento Area Black Caucus and a lifetime member of the N.A.A.C.P. The Sacramento Observer received the John B. Russwurm Trophy from NNPA in 1973 and 1975.
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