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Doing The Nae Nae at Langston Terrace - Teens, Community and Culture
This video examines the cultural significance of dance, slang, and fashion according to teenagers who live in the government-funded housing community of Langston Terrace. Juxtaposing history with interviews of inner-city youth, Uniting Our Youth…
Soul of the City 2005 Documentary
Soul of the City was first offered through the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. in 2005. Students discuss and share their personal experience with discrimination and explore the history of desegregation at John Philip Sousa Junior High School.…
Woodlawn Cemetery Perpetual Care Association - Film
This film was shown at the 2011 DC Community Heritage Project Symposium as part of the session on "Local Cemeteries as Historical Text," led by Tyrone General and Anne Brockett. The film briefly examines the history of Woodlawn, describes its…
Deanwood Oral History Project - A Self Reliant People
This pilot project paired young people and seniors in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, DC to conduct oral history interviews which were transcribed, and featured in a documentary film.
The narrators discussed their childhood, career,…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Overview
This document contains additional information on the history of Hillcrest and the development of the oral history project. It features an interpretive article by the project scholar and a list of narrators. The hard copy version held at the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview With Lucy and Donald Murray
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview With Yvette Alexander
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview With Marvin Bowser
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview With Nicholas Phipps-Evans
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview With Kenneth E. Burke, Jr. and Alice Yvonne Burke
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview With Gloria and Dennis Logan
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview With Franklin G. Singer III
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview With Karen Williams
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview with Carrie L. Thornhill
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview with Miles Spencer Steele III
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview with Phillip and Mary Hammond
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
What Makes a Strong DC Community - A Hillcrest Community Civic Association Oral History Project - Interview with Doris A.M. Thomas
The Hillcrest Community Civic Association initiated this oral history project to answer the question, "What makes a strong DC community?" Narrators were asked if Hillcrest exhibits the characteristics of a strong community and what they believe the…
Fairlawn: From the Flats to the Heights
Fairlawn is one of the many close-knit communities East of the Anacostia River with a strong sense of history and heritage. The book uses archival and oral history sources to provide a brief sketch of the neighborhood's history and culture. A portion…
William Sidney Pittman Documentary
This documentary surveys the life of noted African-American architect, William Sidney Pittman. Pittman began his career at the Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama, butmoved to Washington, DC to open his private firm. Pittman designed several notable…
Deanwood Heights Mainstreets: Faith and Foundation Historic Tour of Deanwood 2010 (Audio)
This audio tour and accompanying brochure builds on the success of Deanwood Heights Main Streets' 2009 Faith and Foundation project. Though many of Deanwood's historic houses of worship are included on the tour, the path also includes businesses and…
Deanwood Heights Mainstreets: Faith and Foundation Historic Tour of Deanwood 2010 (Booklet)
This audio tour and accompanying brochure builds on the success of Deanwood Heights Main Streets' 2009 Faith and Foundation project. Though many of Deanwood's historic houses of worship are included on the tour, the path also includes businesses and…
Memories of Capitol View
This 20 page booklet, produced by the Capitol View Civic Association, uses historic research and the remembrances of community members to tell the story of the neighborhood's development since the early 20th century. Some of the topics explored…
Dancing Griot: Life and Legacy of Melvin Deal
In this documentary, the Ward 7 Arts Collaborative interviews friends, colleagues, and students of the notable Washington, DC performer and youth advocate Melvin Deal.
Deal, through his Summer youth programs, and from his studio in Ward 7 (in…
Deal, through his Summer youth programs, and from his studio in Ward 7 (in…
DC Public Schools Opera Partnership (Images from a program with the Ward 7 Arts Collaborative)
This collection of 89 images documents a program that brought the Washington National Opera into Ward 7 classrooms.
The collection includes both performer and audience images.
The collection includes both performer and audience images.
Faith and Foundation: Historic Tour of Deanwood Places of Worship, Community and Economic Development
This booklet features 13 historic sites located in and around the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, DC. Most of the sites are church buildings, but parks, commercial corridors, theatres, and schools are also mentioned. Each site…