The HistoryMakers video oral history with Minyon Moore.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 10 min., 50 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11318027
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Minyon Moore
Minyon Moore
Other authors / contributors:Moore, Minyon, interviewee.
Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 September 30.
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Summary:Nonprofit executive and public affairs director Minyon Moore was born on May 16, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1976, she graduated from Chicago Vocational High School. She earned her B.S. degree in 1982 from University of Illinois at Chicago. After graduating, she was hired as assistant for Operation Push's co-founder Rev. Willie Barrow. In 1988, she served as the deputy field director for Rev. Jesse Jackson's Presidential campaign. From 1989 until 1992, she worked as Rainbow /PUSH's development director. In 1992, she became the director of political affairs for President Bill Clinton and was the first black woman to serve as a White House Public Affairs Director in both Clinton administrations. In 2000, Moore became chief operating officer for the Democratic National Committee. In 2002, she joined The Dewey Square Group. She was also a founder of the first national black women's political action committee, "Women Building for the Future/The Future PAC.