The HistoryMakers video oral history with Joetta Clark Diggs.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Joetta Clark Diggs.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 24 min., 27 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
Subject:Diggs, Joetta -- Interviews.
African Americans -- Interviews.
African Americans.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11337323
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Joetta Clark Diggs
Joetta Clark Diggs
Other authors / contributors:Diggs, Joetta, interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, 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.
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
Recorded New York, New York 2017 April 10.
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Summary:Track and field athlete Joetta Clark Diggs was born on August 1, 1962 in East Orange, New Jersey. She received her B.S. degree in public relations from the University of Tennessee. Diggs specialized in middle-distance running in the 800-meter and 1500-meter races, successfully participating for 28 consecutive years. A four-time Olympian in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000, Diggs competed in every outdoor USA Championship Olympic trial between 1979 and 2000, winning five outdoor championships. Indoors, she was in the national championship race in 18 of 19 years, winning seven times. She ranked among the top 10 Americans for 21 years, top 10 in the world since 1991, and number four in the world in 1998. Diggs serves as president of Joetta Sports & Beyond, LLC and executive director of the Joetta Clark Diggs Sports Foundation. She is the author of Joetta's "P" Principles for Success, Life Lessons Learned From Track & Field.

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