The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Maudine Cooper

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Maudine Cooper

6/22/2001

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2001.019

Nonprofit chief executive and city government official Maudine Cooper (1941 - ) was the president and CEO of the Greater Washington Urban League. Before that, Cooper joined the Washington, D.C., government as Director of the Office of Human Rights under Mayor Marion Barry, Jr., and later became his chief of staff. Cooper was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 6/22/2001, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 39m 24s

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Cooper, Maudine Rice

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Maudine Cooper was born on September 30, 1941, in Benoit, Mississippi. Her family soon moved north to St. Paul, Minnesota, in search of a better life. Cooper received both her undergraduate degree in Business Administration (1964) and her J. D. degree (1971) from Howard University. She joined the National Urban League in 1973 as an Assistant Director for Federal Programs and became their Vice President for Washington Operations Legislative Office in 1980. In 1983, Cooper left her post at the Nat...