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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Marcia Lythcott
Marcia Lythcott
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| Other authors / contributors: | Lythcott, Marcia, 1954- 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 Chicago, Illinois 2013 August 19.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Newspaper editor Marcia Lythcott was born on May 20, 1954 in Montgomery, Alabama. Her father, William Watkins, served in the U.S. Army. Her mother, Florence Watkins, was a nurse's aide. Lythcott attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received her B.A. degree in journalism. She was married to Stephen Lythcott who served as the vice president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois until his death in 1994. Lythcott began her career in print journalism in the late 1970s. She worked for four years as an education and police beat reporter for a local newspaper in Madison. In 1982, she was hired by the Chicago Tribune newspaper, and also served as the editor of Style and Home and the Good Eating Cookbook. As editor of the "Commentary" section in the Chicago Tribune, Lythcott was one of the highest ranking African American women on the Chicago Tribune's editorial board.
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