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Humanities Salon: Virginia Indians
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"Sovereignty: Virginia Indians' Struggle for Federal Recognition" is a program including Stephen Adkins (Chief, Chickahominy), Kenneth Adams (Chief, Upper Mattaponi), Wayne Adkins (Chickahominy), Peter Hardin (Richmond Times Dispatch), and Elizabeth…
Ain't I a Woman? Public Housing Experiences: Problems and Solutions
This documentary discusses the unique situation experienced by many women living in public housing, focusing specifically on the women of the Frederick Douglass Dwellings in Southeast Washington, DC.
The film is comprised primarily of video oral…
Urban Odyssey: Isaac Franck
In the early 1990's the Humanities Council of Washington, DC produced the Urban Odyssey series of documentaries. The installments tell the stories of historic local figures in their own words. In this episode Isaac Franck, a noted Jewish Civil Rights…
Urban Odyssey: Carmen Monico
After immigrating to Washington from El Salvador in 1982, Carmen Monaco became a grassroots organizer and teacher in the Latino neighborhoods of Adams Morgan and Mt. Pleasant. Her efforts helped newly arrived residents establish a sense of place and…
Urban Odyssey: Rev. C.C. Hung
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Reverend C. C. Hung was a community activist who labored for nearly fifty years to bring together the city's fragmented Chinese community. His ministry at the Chinese Community Church, beginning in 1935 and continuing into the 1980s, did much to meet…
Urban Odyssey: Nannie Helen Burroughs
Nannie H. Burroughs was a prominent African American civil rights activist and a continuing champion for women's rights. Burroughs's long career focused on improving educational opportunities for African-American women, an essential tool for…
Capers Community Housing Workshops: Capers Public Reading & Forum (Photograph Collection)
Pushing past the boundaries of theater, documentary and activism, 'Capers is a one-woman show based on the stories of families at the Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg public housing projects - also known as 'Capers - in southeast DC who protested the…
Freedom Rides - A Documentary
At a two-day forum at the Thurgood Marshall Center, Joan Browning, a Freedom Rider who grew up in Georgia, 64, and Reginald Green, who was preparing for the ministry at Virginia Union before he joined the Freedom Riders, 68, gathered with two other…
Revolution Rewind: Youth Organizing Then and Now
Several students learned radio interviewing techniques and then practiced their skills by recording several sessions with community members impacted in someway by Washington, DC youth movements. The topics covered include: the Teenarama television…
Al Wheeler & Georgetown: Memoirs of a Resolute Builder of His Community and City
This documentary, produced by the Georgetown Kiwanis Foundation, explores the life of Georgetown resident and community activist Asher L. "Al" Wheeler. Wheeler was a businessman, lawyer, politician, and real estate developer.Click Here to Access the…
Break Out! Speak Out! (and don't forget to work that freak out!) Oral Histories Exploring LGBTQ Activism Washington, DC 1980-2010
This "zine" is a collection of 9 oral history excerpts celebrating the advancement of Washington, DC's LGBTQ community in the 30 years spanning 1980-2010. The interviewees include: Bishop Rainey Cheeks, Tiik Pollet, Regie Cabico, Alex Wilson, Jose…
Voices on 14th Street Oral History Interview With Charles Cassell
Voices on 14th Street is an oral history project that looks at community activism in the Columbia Heights/Greater 14th Street neighborhood of Washington, DC after the 1968 riots that destroyed a significant portion of the housing stock in that area.…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary - Aalicia and Jabari Permenter
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary - Anthony Sanders
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Charlotte Leonard
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Endia Short
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Janelle Robertson
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Marsha Riley
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – David Feggins
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
Feggins is a former Ivy City resident who regularly returns to the…
Feggins is a former Ivy City resident who regularly returns to the…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Kenneth Cunningham
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
This interview was recorded at the Ivy City Reunion.
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Romaine Thomas
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
Thomas takes interviewers on a walking tour of the Ivy City neighborhood,…
Thomas takes interviewers on a walking tour of the Ivy City neighborhood,…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Charles Brown
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
The interviewer asks Brown questions about his childhood in Ivy City. Brown…
The interviewer asks Brown questions about his childhood in Ivy City. Brown…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Reverend John Hayden
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
This interview with Reverend Hayden is not a traditional oral history in…
This interview with Reverend Hayden is not a traditional oral history in…
Video Interview for Crummell School Documentary – Remetter Cornelia Freeman
During the Summer of 2011 Empower DC conducted a series of video interviews in support of a documentary film on the historic Crummell School in Ivy City, Washington, DC.
Freeman recalls her youth in the Ivy City neighborhood. Her family arrived…
Freeman recalls her youth in the Ivy City neighborhood. Her family arrived…