Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Alice Windom Alice Windom
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Other authors / contributors: | Windom, Alice, 1936- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
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, Matthew Hickey. Videographer, Scott Stearns. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded St. Louis, Missouri 2006 December 19. Recorded St. Louis, Missouri 2007 October 17. Recorded St. Louis, Missouri 2007 December 7. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Social worker Alice Mary Windom was born on March 30, 1936, in St. Louis, Missouri. Attending Cote Brilliante Elementary School in St. Louis, she graduated from Sumner High School in 1953. Graduating in 1957 with her B.S. degree in social work, Windom earned her M.S.W. degree from the University of Chicago in 1959. A part of an historic group of diverse African American expatriates in Ghana, including John Henrik Clarke, Maya Angelou, Curtis "Kojo" Morrow and the elder W.E.B. DuBois, Windom lived in Ghana, West Africa, working as a secondary school teacher and secretary to the Ethiopian Ambassador from 1962 to 1964. In 1964, Windom helped plan the itinerary for Malcolm X's trip to Ghana. Windom also served as administrative assistant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa from 1964 to 1968. From 1989 to 1998, Windom served as the coordinator at the Bush Center for Law, Policy, and Social Change at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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