The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Rodney E. Slater

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Rodney E. Slater

11/14/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.267

Transportation lawyer and cabinet appointee Rodney E. Slater (1955 - ) is the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Slater was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 11/14/2003, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 4; Total Run Time: 01h 59m 55s

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Slater, Rodney Earl, 1955-

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Rodney Earl Slater (born February 23, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician. He notably served as the United States Secretary of Transportation under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. Prior to being appointed to the Clinton Cabinet, Slater served as the administrator of the Federal Highway Administration from 1993 to 1997. Born in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, he moved to Marianna, Arkansas as a small child. Slater attended segregated schools in Marianna until the eleventh gr...