Shoenfeld, Sarah Jane
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joe Hairston interview part 1, 2016-11-15
Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_004_01.mp3
Abstract
In this interview, Hairston discusses his role in integrating the 1300 block of Kennedy Street NW in the mid-1950s and his move to D.C.’s Shepherd Park neighborhood in 1963, where he joined the efforts of Neighbors, Inc. to oppose blockbusting, racial steering, and other forms of racial discrimination in housing. He also discusses his daughters’ experiences in D.C.’s newly- integrated schools and later work by Neighbors, Inc. to stop the construction of freeways through D.C., promote traffic...
Dates:
Other: 2016-11-15
Marietta Crichlow and Linda Crichlow White interview, 2014-10-02
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Identifier: dcpl_220_006.mp3
Abstract
In this interview, Marietta discusses her childhood and her years as a young woman, when she lived in her family’s Le Droit Park home while attending Howard University. She also discusses her move to Petworth in 1950 with her husband and daughter Linda. She talks about what the neighborhood was like when they first moved there, before most of the white families moved away, and in later years when she was a member of the Block Club, which met monthly. She and Linda comment on how the...
Dates:
2014-10-02
Muriel Tillinghast interview, 2021-12-13
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Identifier: dcpl_220_007.mp4
Abstract
In this interview, Muriel discusses her childhood and her years as a young woman. Muriel discusses her experiences navigating her K-12 schools. Most notably, Muriel discusses her experience of racism and racial integration at Roosevelt High School. Muriel draws from her experiences and the observations she made of her classmates. Muriel discusses her higher education experiences at Howard University. During this time and after graduating from Roosevelt, Muriel was able to travel for social...
Dates:
Other: 2021-12-13
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- Pleasant Plains (Washington, D.C.) 2
- Women 2
- Book clubs (Discussion groups) 1
- Citizens' associations 1
- Civil rights movements 1
- Community activists 1
- Discrimination 1
- Education 1
- Eminent domain 1
- LeDroit Park (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Neighborhoods 1
- Park View (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Racism 1
- Real property 1
- Segregation 1
- Shepherd Park (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Southwest (Washington, D.C.) 1
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