- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (10 video files (4 hr., 16 min., 41 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Journalist and author Donna Britt was born in Gary, Indiana, and graduated from Gary West Side High School. She obtained her B.A. degree in mass media arts from Hampton University in 1976, and her M.A. degree in journalism from the University of Michigan in 1979. In 1977, Britt's beloved older brother, Darrell, was shot and killed by police officers in Gary, Indiana. Britt worked as a staff writer for the Detroit Free Press, USA Today, and The Washington Post, where she became a Metro columnist, which she described as a dream job. Her column has appeared in sixty-two newspapers, and was syndicated by the Washington Post Writer's Group. In 2011, her book, Brothers (& Me): A Memoir of Loving and Giving, was published. She received numerous writing awards from organizations including the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the National Association of Black Journalists, and the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Donna Britt
- Donna Britt
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208753
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Donna Britt.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
041641
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Silver Spring, Maryland 2013 August 9.
Recorded Silver Spring, Maryland 2014 March 20.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Newspaper Columnist.
- Added Author
Britt, Donna, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.