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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Ollie B. Ellison, Sr.
Ollie B. Ellison, Sr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Ellison, Ollie B., Sr., 1927-2015, interviewee.
Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.
Warwick, Rick, director of photography.
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, Rick Warwick.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 November 29.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2005 January 14.
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| Summary: | Federal employee Ollie Benjamin Jefferson Ellison, Sr. was born on February 23, 1927, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He graduated from Douglas High School in 1944 and received his B.A. degree in biology from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1949. Ellison was drafted into the U.S. Army for the Korean War. In 1957, Ellison became one of the U.S. State Department's first African American foreign service officers. He subsequently served in Cairo, Egypt; Bremen, Germany; Kinshasa, Zaire; Bangkok, Thailand; Bangui, Central African Republic; and Geneva, Switzerland. He retired in 1989, and then worked for the National Archives declassification department. In 1973, Ellison authored the "Employment Practices of U.S. Firms in South Africa", which appeared in the Johannesburg Star and became known later as The Sullivan Principles. His career was featured in the U.S. State Department's State magazine in February of 2013. Ellison passed away on May 26, 2015 at age 89.
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