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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Reverend Marcia Dyson
Reverend Marcia Dyson
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| Other authors / contributors: | Dyson, Marcia L., 1951- 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 Washington, District of Columbia 2014 March 21.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Civic activist and public relations expert Marcia L. Dyson was born on October 29, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois. She received her B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Illinois. Dyson served as the first chief of staff for Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s Operation Push International Trade Bureau from 1980 to 1982. She established Marcia L. Dyson Public Relations, was named senior manager for Margie Korshak Associates, and served as senior vice president of R. J. Dale Advertising and Public Relations from 1987 until 1990. In 1990, Dyson was hired as the public information officer for the Mayor's Office of Special Events for the City of Chicago. In 1992, she co-founded and served as president and CEO of M and M Dyson, LLC. She also helped create a Modern Narrative for Muslim Women. She was a national surrogate for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
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