- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 17 min., 5 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Civic leader Cora Masters Barry was born on May 7, 1945 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Pasadena, California where she attended high school. Barry attended California State University and Texas Southern University, and then in 1970, she went on to graduate school at Howard University. There, Masters Barry worked with Operation Sisters United. In 1976, she began teaching at the University of the District of Columbia and also worked on Mayor Marion Barry's campaigns. They were married in 1994. When Barry was re-elected that year, she became Washington D.C.'s First Lady, serving until the end of his term in 1998. Masters Barry went on to found the nonprofit Recreation Wish List, serving as its chief executive officer. Under her leadership, the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center was built to serve the needs of community residents. Masters Barry and former Mayor Barry divorced in 2003.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Cora Masters Barry
- Cora Masters Barry
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208717
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Cora Masters Barry.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
041705
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Evelyn Pounds, interviewer.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2005 May 6.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 June 16.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Civic Leader Nonprofit Chief Executive.
- Added Author
Masters Barry, Cora, 1945- interviewee.
Pounds, Evelyn, interviewer.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.