| Other author/creator | Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, 1947- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Bieschke, Paul, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Peggy Cooper Cafritz |
| Portion of title |
Peggy Cooper Cafritz |
| Abstract |
Education chief executive and high school administrator Peggy Cooper Cafritz was born on April 7, 1947, in Mobile, Alabama. Cafritz attended George Washington University, where she earned her B.A. degree in political science and completed her J.D. degree. Cafritz became involved with education and the arts when, as a law student, she founded the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Initially a summer arts workshop for minority children, the program was accepted into the District of Colombia Public Schools in 1974. From 1979 to 1987, she chaired the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and in 1993 President William J. Clinton appointed her vice chairperson of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. She worked as a programming executive for Post-Newsweek and a documentary producer for WTOP-TV, earning both Emmy and Peabody awards for her documentary work. In 2000, Cafritz was elected president of the D.C. Board of Education. |
| Credits | Videographer, Paul Bieschke. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2001 June 26. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 June 26. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2001.011 HistoryMakers |
