Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Madeleine Moore Burrell Madeleine Moore Burrell
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Other authors / contributors: | Moore Burrell, Madeleine, 1940- interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., 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. Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2014 April 22. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Marketing executive Madeleine Moore Burrell was born in 1940. She received her B.F.A. degree from New York University, and her M.F.A. degree in writing from Columbia University. She also studied industrial design at the Parsons School of Design. Moore Burrell first worked as an industrial designer with Henry Dreyfuss Associates and Goretz Industrial Design. She designed many products, including the first plastic hangers in the United States. In 1985, Moore Burrell founded Moore Creative, a New York marketing firm. Moore Creative was the first African American marketing firm awarded a post-apartheid contract with South Africa, launching the Sister City agreement between New York City and Johannesburg. She was a founder of the 21st Century Women's Leadership Center, and co-founder of the National Professionals Network, Inc. She served as president of the New York Coalition of 100 Black Women and AARP of New York State, as well as chairman of Public New York.
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