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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Reverend Marion Curtis Bascom
Reverend Marion Curtis Bascom
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| Other authors / contributors: | Bascom, Marion Curtis, 1925-2012, interviewee.
Hamilton, Racine Tucker, 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.
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Recorded Baltimore, Maryland 2005 January 11.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Pastor and civic leader Reverend Marion Curtis Bascom was born on March 14, 1925 in Pensacola, Florida. In 1942, Bascom graduated from Washington High School and preached his trial sermon at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola. In 1946, he earned his B.S. degree in English from Florida Memorial College, then earned his B.Div. degree from Howard University in 1948. He then became the pastor of Douglas Memorial Community Church in Baltimore. In 1962, he created Camp Farthest Out, an overnight summer camp for underprivileged youth. Bascom was appointed Baltimore's first African American fire commissioner in 1968. In 1970, he received an honorary D.Div. degree from Florida Memorial. Upon retiring from Douglas Memorial in 1995, Bascom served as the interim Director of Morgan University's Christian Center. He received numerous awards for his civic and community leadership. Reverend Marion Bascom passed away on May 17, 2012 at the age of eighty-seven.
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