Emancipation Day Celebration 2006: Main Event

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Title

Emancipation Day Celebration 2006: Main Event

Subject

Emancipation Day
The National Council of Negro Women
Alpha Phi Alpha

Description

Council Member Vincent Orange of Ward 5 and District of Columbia Mayor, Anthony A. William speaks upon the celebration of the Emancipation of 3,100 slaves. Dr. Dorothy I. Heights who was part of The National Council of Negro Women and the first Africa American woman to own her own property on Pennsylvania. The Mayor also awards her for her outstanding contributions during the Civil Rights Movement. The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity organized the development of the Martin Luther King memorial who were also acknowledge for their services within the community.

Creator

Humanities Council of Washington DC

Source

Program - Emancipation Day Celebration 2006

Publisher

Humanities Council of Washington DC

Date

2006

Contributor

DC Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications
The National Endwoment for the Humanitoes
Kafritz Foundation

Rights

Format

VHS

Language

English

Type

Event Speeches

Identifier

01.P.2006

Coverage

Washington DC

Moving Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

VHS

Duration

00:52:25

Compression

MPEG

Producer

Joy Ford Austin
Talaya Grimes
Delanore Bryant

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