Global InformationJulieanna Richardson information
Julieanna Richardson | |
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| Born | June 10, 1954 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Founder of The HistoryMakers |
Julieanna L. Richardson (born June 10, 1954) is an American Harvard-trained lawyer and the founder and executive director of The HistoryMakers, a nonprofit preserving archival collections of African-American video oral histories.
Before founding The HistoryMakers in 1999, Richardson was a cable television executive and corporate lawyer. She was the founder and CEO of both SCTN Teleproductions, which served as the local production arm for C-SPAN, and Shop Chicago Inc., which set standards for regional TV home-shopping ventures and received international attention with its combination of home shopping and infomercial formats. Richardson resides in Chicago.