The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Judy Richardson

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Judy Richardson

4/9/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.129

Civil rights activist and film producer Judy Richardson (1944 - ) was a co-founder of Drum and Spear Bookstore in Washington, D.C., and worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on a variety of civil rights issues. Richardson also worked with Blackside Productions and Northern Light Productions on a variety of films and shows, most famously the Eyes on the Prize series, in addition to having a prolific career as a writer and public speaker. Richardson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/9/2007, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 46m 52s

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Richardson, Judy, 1944-

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Film producer and former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activist Judy Richardson was born to autoworker William King Richardson and state office worker Mae Louise Tucker Richardson in Tarrytown, New York. Richardson grew up in the "under the hill" section of Tarrytown; the town was in the legendary "Sleepy Hollow country" made famous by author Washington Irving. Richardson's father helped organize the United Auto Workers (UAW) local at the Chevrolet plant in Tarrytown and died ...