- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 30 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Long jumper Robert Beamon was born on August 29, 1946, in Jamaica, New York. After graduating from high school, Beamon attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He later transferred to the University of Texas-El Paso, where he could pursue his passion for track and field. In 1968, Beamon qualified to compete at the Olympics in Mexico City. Four months prior, he was suspended from the University of Texas-El Paso track team for refusing to compete against Brigham Young University because of its racist policies. On October 18, 1968, Beamon made Olympic history when he broke the world record for the long jump. Beamon jumped 29 feet, 4 inches, beating the previous record by nearly two feet and becoming the first man to jump more than 28 feet. He has since been inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Olympic Hall of Fame.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Robert Beamon
- Robert Beamon
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 994208690
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Beamon.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
013032
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Miami, Florida 2002 April 16.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Long Jumper.
- Added Author
Beamon, Bob, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.