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Michael Tabor part 1 Spanish index, 2022-09-12

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_05_01_ind_spa.pdf

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: 2022-09-12

Creator

Language of Materials

Spanish

Biographical / Historical

Michael Tabor began his career as a teacher, social worker, and civil rights activist in New York and then Washington, D.C. He has owned Licking Creek Bend Farm since 1972. It was only two years later that he participated in his first farmer's market in Washington, D.C. Almost 40 years later, he is still doing what he loves while also staying socially active. His mission is to provide delicious and nutritious food at an affordable price.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.13 Terabytes

Abstract

Activist and farmer Michael Tabor reflects on his early life leading to his activism in college in the 1950s and his arrival in the Washington, D.C. area in the early 1960s as a graduate student at the University of Maryland. He talks about his time as an organizer in Adams Morgan, engaged with the counterculture movement that was centered in the neighborhood in the 1960s. He began his farm in 1972 and brought his goods to the open lot at 18th and Columbia Road NW, which he advocated in the mid 1970s be redeveloped into a central neighborhood open space with Perpetual, a bank which had purchased the lot. He has made it his mission to bring food security through free and low-cost organic fruits and vegetables to the diverse Adams Morgan community. At age 80 in 2022, he continues bringing his produce from his farm each week to Adams Morgan.

Repository Details

Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository

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