| Other author/creator | Tatum, Beverly Daniel, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Pounds, Evelyn, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Beverly Daniel Tatum |
| Portion of title |
Beverly Daniel Tatum |
| Abstract |
Clinical psychologist and college president Beverly Christine Daniel Tatum was born on September 27, 1954 in Tallahassee, Florida. Tatum received her B.A. degree in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1975, her M.A. degree in 1976 and Ph.D. degree in 1984, both in clinical psychology from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 2000, she received her M.A. degree in religious studies from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. In 2002, Tatum assumed the presidency at Spelman College after a distinguished career which included professorships at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Mount Holyoke College and Westfield State College, including a celebrated career as a clinical psychologist. She worked in independent practice from 1988 to 1998. Tatum wrote two widely acclaimed books, Assimilation Blues: Black Families in White Communities: Who Succeeds and Why? and Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations About Race. She retired from Spelman in 2015. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Evelyn Pounds, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2006 March 17. |
| 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 | A2006.039 HistoryMakers |
