Cherkasky, Mara
Person
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Audrey Hinton interview photograph, 2017-11-14
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C.: School Integration in Ward 4 documents the transformation of Ward 4 neighborhoods and schools during the 1950s and early 1960s. Ward 4 was predominantly white in the early 1940s, but saw a shift in demographics as white families fled after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bolling v. Sharpe, in which public school segregation was deemed unconstitutional in the District of Columbia. This project interviews Ward 4 residents that were among the first...
Dates:
2017-11-14
Bobbie Coles interview, 2017-04-22
Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_001_01.mp3
Abstract
In this interview, Kyle-Coles discusses her move to Washington D.C.; the harassment and threat of violence directed at her family as one of the first Black households in their neighborhood; her experiences in the D.C. public schools before and after legal desegregation; working in D.C.; and other topics related to her family’s experiences in D.C. and in Alabama.
Dates:
Other: 2017-04-22
David Nicholson interview photograph, 2017-08-08
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C.: School Integration in Ward 4 documents the transformation of Ward 4 neighborhoods and schools during the 1950s and early 1960s. Ward 4 was predominantly white in the early 1940s, but saw a shift in demographics as white families fled after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bolling v. Sharpe, in which public school segregation was deemed unconstitutional in the District of Columbia. This project interviews Ward 4 residents that were among the first...
Dates:
2017-08-08
Diane Hinton interview image, 2017-08-21
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C.: School Integration in Ward 4 documents the transformation of Ward 4 neighborhoods and schools during the 1950s and early 1960s. Ward 4 was predominantly white in the early 1940s, but saw a shift in demographics as white families fled after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bolling v. Sharpe, in which public school segregation was deemed unconstitutional in the District of Columbia. This project interviews Ward 4 residents that were among the first...
Dates:
2017-08-21
Dupont Circle - "Slices of the Pie" Oral History Project
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHP010
Scope and Contents
Between 1984 and 1985, Mara Cherkasky, then a graduate student at The George Washington University, conducted 35 oral history interviews with longtime Dupont Circle residents. The interviews were conducted as a part of her master's thesis research about the changes to the northwest neighborhood. Here thesis is entitled "Slices of the Pie: Black and White Dupont Circle from the 1920s to the 1950s." Topics include Dupont Circle from the 1920s to the 1950s, childhood experiences, work and life...
Dates:
1984 - 1985
Faith Wheeler interview part 1, 2021-10-30
Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_003_01.wav
Abstract
In this interview, Faith Wheeler discusses how she came to live in DC and what attracted her to Takoma – specifically that it was a mostly Black, integrated, and friendly community where the neighbors looked out for one another. She talks about some of her longtime neighbors and the work of Neighbors, Inc., which she became involved with. She discusses her daughter’s schooling and the decision to send her to Sidwell Friends rather than Takoma Elementary School. She comments on her daughter’s...
Dates:
2021-10-30
Faith Wheeler interview part 2, 2021-10-30
Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_003_02.wav
Abstract
In this interview, Faith Wheeler discusses how she came to live in DC and what attracted her to Takoma – specifically that it was a mostly Black, integrated, and friendly community where the neighbors looked out for one another. She talks about some of her longtime neighbors and the work of Neighbors, Inc., which she became involved with. She discusses her daughter’s schooling and the decision to send her to Sidwell Friends rather than Takoma Elementary School. She comments on her daughter’s...
Dates:
2021-10-30
Lewis Maiden interview, 2021-06-30
Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_005.wav
Abstract
In this interview, Lewis Maiden discusses what Petworth was like when his family first moved there, when many of his neighbors and schoolmates were Italians. He talks about the various neighbors and local businesses he has known over the years since moving back to Petworth in 1971, including a former People’s Drug at Georgia and New Hampshire avenues that temporarily became a boxing club and youth community center. He talks about what he did for fun both as a teenager and as an adult,...
Dates:
2021-06-30
Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C. Oral History Project
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 220
Scope and Contents
Mapping Segregation in Washington DC: School and Neighborhood Desegregation in Ward 4 documents the transformation of Ward 4 neighborhoods and schools during the 1950s and early 1960s. Ward 4 was predominantly white in the early 1940s, but saw a shift in demographics as white families fled after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bolling v. Sharpe, in which public school segregation was deemed unconstitutional in the District of Columbia. This project primarily consists of interviews with...
Dates:
2014 - 2021
Mount Pleasant Oral History Project
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHP023
Dates:
1996 - 2005
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- Archival Object 8
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- Neighborhoods 4
- Black persons 3
- Oral history 3
- Segregation 3
- Women 3
- Adams Morgan (Washington, D.C.) 2
- African Americans 2
- Community activists 2
- Education 2
- Festivals 2
- Public officers 2
- Takoma Park (Washington, D.C.) 2
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Brightwood (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Discrimination 1
- Dupont Circle (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Italian Americans 1
- Manor Park (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Migration, Internal 1
- Petworth (Washington, D.C.) 1
- School integration 1
- United States--Officials and employees 1 + ∧ less
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