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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Alexis Scott.

Author: M Scott; Jodi Merriday; Coy Melnick; HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection),
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Edition/Format:  eVideo : Clipart/images/graphics : English
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Journalist and publisher Marian Alexis Scott was born on February 4, 1949, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the granddaughter of W.A. Scott II, the founder of the Atlanta Daily World, the nation’s first black-owned daily newspaper. After graduating from Booker T. Washington High School, Scott attended Barnard College in New York City and Spelman College in Atlanta. After a twenty-two year career with the  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Oral histories
Internet videos
Interviews
Named Person: M Scott; M Scott
Material Type: Clipart/images/graphics, Internet resource, Videorecording
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File, Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: M Scott; Jodi Merriday; Coy Melnick; HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection),
OCLC Number: 1000518611
Credits: Videographer, Coy Melnick.
Performer(s): Jodi Merriday, interviewer.
Event notes: Recorded
Atlanta, Georgia
2004 September 22.
Description: 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 36 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color.
Other Titles: History Makers video oral history with Alexis Scott
Alexis Scott

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Journalist and publisher Marian Alexis Scott was born on February 4, 1949, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the granddaughter of W.A. Scott II, the founder of the Atlanta Daily World, the nation’s first black-owned daily newspaper. After graduating from Booker T. Washington High School, Scott attended Barnard College in New York City and Spelman College in Atlanta. After a twenty-two year career with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Cox Enterprises, Inc., where she worked up from reporter to vice president of community affairs, and finally director of diversity, she joined the family business with duties as publisher. Scott also provided featured commentary on The Georgia Gang, a week-in-review program on politics broadcast on FOX 5 in Atlanta. Scott served as a board member of Atlanta History Center, Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, the High Museum of Art, Central Atlanta Progress, the Atlanta Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.

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