The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sanford Cloud, Jr [electronic resource].

Other Title:

History Makers video oral history with Sanford Cloud, Jr.
Sanford Cloud, Jr.

Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Format/Description:

Video
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 17 min., 41 sec.)) : sound, color.

Subjects:

African Americans -- Interviews.
Cloud, Sanford -- Interviews.

Form/Genre:

Oral histories.
Internet videos.

System Details:

digital
video file

Summary:

Foundation executive and lawyer Sanford Cloud, Jr. was born November 27, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended the University of Arizona and Howard University, where he earned his B.A. degree in 1964; and his J.D. degree from Howard University Law School in 1969. In 1992, Cloud earned his M.A. degree in religious studies from Hartford Seminary. In 1969, he was hired by the law firm of Robinson and Cole as their first African American attorney. In 1976, Cloud was elected to the Connecticut state senate. He served for two terms then formed his own firm, Cloud and Ibarguen. Cloud became vice president of public involvement and head of the Aetna Foundation in 1986. He became the first African American president and CEO of the National Conference for Community Justice in 1994, where he served for a decade. He served on several boards of directors, including Northeast Utilities and The Phoenix Company.

Participant:

Larry Crowe, interviewer.

Credits:

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

Notes:

Recorded Farmington, Connecticut 2005 February 18.

Contributor:

Cloud, Sanford, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

OCLC:

1000518858

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

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http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1979780