The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Norman Rice

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Norman Rice

10/24/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.300

Mayor The Honorable Norman Rice (1943 - ) was the first African American elected as the mayor of Seattle, Washington. Rice also served eleven years on the Seattle City Council and as a visiting professor at the University of Washington. Rice was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 10/24/2007, in Seattle, Washington. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 17m 30s

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Rice, Norman B. (Norman Blann), 1943-

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Norman Blann Rice (born May 4, 1943) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served as the 49th Mayor of Seattle, Washington, the first African American to hold the office, from 1990 to 1998. Born in Denver, Colorado, he graduated from Manual High School there before attending the University of Colorado at Boulder for two years, dropping out and working as a hospital orderly, a meter reader and an engineer’s assistant. Rice moved to Seattle in 1969 and restarte...