Description
- Abstract:
- Morley Safer interviews Ruth Simmons about her life and appointment as the President of Brown University. Simmons was the first female president of Brown University and the first African American to be appointed president of an Ivy League academic institution. The segment includes interviews with the siblings of Ruth Simmons and their experiences growing up in Grapeland, TX. Toni Morrison makes a cameo speaking about her relationship with Ruth Simmons.
- Notes:
- Funding to convert the original video cassette to digital format generously provided by a grant for Recordings at Risk from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
- 60 Minutes: President Simmons, Brown University Library
- Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"60 Minutes: President Simmons"
(2001).
Departmental and Institutional Video.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:836037/
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Departmental and Institutional Video
These videos were created by or collected from Brown's academic and administrative departments....