The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Leola "Roscoe" Dellums

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Leola "Roscoe" Dellums

6/12/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.130

Civic leader and lawyer Leola "Roscoe" Dellums (1941 - ) worked as a reporter and broadcaster for various news programs throughout the Washington metro area until she began her career in law specializing in government relations and lobbying. She has also written television scripts, songs and poetry. Dellums was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 6/12/2003, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 9; Total Run Time: 04h 14m 38s

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Dellums, Leola "Roscoe", 1941-

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Washington, D.C. attorney Leola "Roscoe" Dellums was born in Berkeley, California, on December 12, 1941, representing the third generation of her family to live there. Dellums' mother, Esther L. Higgs, was a musician and early crusader in the civil rights movement, and her father, Leo, was the first African American realtor in California. Dellums traces her ancestry back to Revolutionary War veterans. While attending high school, Dellums was a regular on TV'sDance Partyand was inducted into the ...