The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Charles D. Churchwell

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Charles D. Churchwell

10/16/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.291

Library administrator and library science professor Charles D. Churchwell (1926 - 2018) served as the dean at the School of Library and Information Studies for Clark Atlanta University during the 1990s, was a tenured professor at Wayne State University, served as university librarian for Brown University for four years, and was the first African American faculty member at the University of Houston. Churchwell was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 10/16/2007, in St. Louis, Missouri. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 56m 48s

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Churchwell, Charles D., 1926-

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Library administrator and library science professor Charles Darrett Churchwell was born on November 7, 1926 in Dunnellon, Florida to Leeannah DeLaughter Churchwell and John Dozier Churchwell. After graduating from high school, Churchwell joined the United States Army, serving for two years in the U.S. and Philippine Islands. He obtained the rank of Sergeant 4th Grade while acting as his company's clerk. After returning from the armed forces in 1948, Churchwell attended Morehouse College and four...