Research Catalog
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jolyn H. Robichaux.
- Title
- The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jolyn H. Robichaux.
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 29 min., 10 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Business executive Jolyn Robichaux was born in Cairo, Illinois, on May 21, 1928. In 1952, she married Joseph Robichaux, with whom she had two children. She worked a variety of different jobs and in 1960 received her B.A. in education from Chicago Teachers College. In 1967, Robichaux and her husband purchased Baldwin Ice Cream Company. Following her husband's death in 1971, Robichaux assumed leadership of Baldwin, becoming president and CEO of the company. In 1975, she earned a certificate in ice cream technology from Pennsylvania State University, and in 1984 she became the first African American to open a food concession at O'Hare International Airport. By 1985, Baldwin's annual sales were exceeding $5 million and Robichaux became the first black woman named National Minority Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Commerce Department. She retired in 1992 but continued to serve on various boards and professional organizations.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Jolyn H. Robichaux
- Jolyn H. Robichaux
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 998757065
- Title
- The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jolyn H. Robichaux.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States. naf
- Playing Time
- 022910
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- computer
- Type of Carrier
- online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file
- Performer
- Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
- Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 February 24.
- Source of description
- Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Retail Entrepreneur.
- Added Author
- Robichaux, Jolyn H., 1928-2017, interviewee.Hodge, Adele, interviewer.Stearns, Scott, director of photography.HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.