Series 25: Voices of The D.C. Fort Totten Storytellers, 2019

Series

Identifier: dcpl_dcohc025

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Voices of The D.C. Fort Totten Storytellers

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

D.C. Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) is a citywide initiative to train community members in oral history skills, fund new and ongoing oral history projects, connect volunteers with oral history projects, and publicize existing oral history collections. DCOHC is a project of DC Public Library, HumanitiesDC, and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. This collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, and indexes produced by DCOHC grantees.

Dates

Creation: 2019

Creator

Mills Trice, Stephanie (Person)
Johnson, Jules (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Extent

From the Collection: 1.13 Terabytes

Additional Description

Abstract

Voices of The D.C. Fort Totten Storytellers interviews Black residents who lived in Fort Totten in the 1950s, when families began to enjoy the equal opportunity of purchasing homes in the community developed by Morris Cafritz.