The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Freeman Hrabowski

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Freeman Hrabowski

7/21/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.163

University president Freeman Hrabowski (1950 - ) was the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he created scholarship and programs to encourage young African Americans to pursue math and science. Hrabowski was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 7/21/2003, in Baltimore, Maryland. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 4; Total Run Time: 01h 44m 30s

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Hrabowski, Freeman A., interviewee.

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Paving the way for African Americans of the future, Freeman Hrabowski III was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on August 13, 1950. After graduating from high school at the age of sixteen, Hrabowski went on to attend the Hampton Institute and spent a year studying at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. After earning his B.A. in mathematics in 1970, Hrabowski attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning an M.A. in 1971 and a Ph.D. in higher education administration in 1975.Gro...