16th Street Heights (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Antonelli Football Film Collection in Dig DC
Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_143
Dates:
1952 - 1954
Carolyn Stieff interview, 2021-11-13
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc032_01.mp3
Abstract
Please note this interview was recorded over a telephone call. Carolyn Stieff reflects on her time as an active member of the WMATA union Amalgamated Transit Union 689. Thrust into the labor movement in 1974 while still in her first months on the job, she participated in the 1974 wildcat strike. After that experience Carolyn soon got involved in the union. She speaks about what it was like to be one of the first female bus drivers in DC, a role that brought her both harassment and praise...
Dates:
2021-11-13
Craig Simpson interview, 2021-11-13
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc032_02.mp3
Abstract
Please note this interview was recorded over a telephone call. Craig Simpson reflects on his life as a labor organizer, with special attention to the 1978 Metro Strike and the nearly three decades working with the labor movement as an employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Craig remembers the events between 1974 and 1978 that led to the 1978 Metro wildcat strike in precise detail. While the previous generation of bus drivers was entirely white men, the...
Dates:
2021-11-13
Joe Hairston interview part 1, 2016-11-15
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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
Mike Golash interview, 2021-07-17
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc032_04.mp3
Abstract
In this oral history Michael Golash talks about how his early life influenced his decision to take a leadership role in the 1978 Metro wildcat strike and the ways that the strike played a central role in many of his future decisions. First, Golash speaks about growing up in Albany, New York where observing the city's party-machine helped to formulate his early ideas about politics. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was another key point in his political development. Golash's...
Dates:
2021-07-17
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
Ron Majors interview, 2021-11-16
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc032_05.mp3
Abstract
Ron Majors reflects on his decades working as a bus operator for WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) and the importance of the union for strengthening the rights of workers. Though he joined Metro in 1980, two years after the 1978 Metro wildcat strike, he saw evidence of the strike's lasting legacy regarding labor militancy all around him. Ron talks about what it meant to always be 'strike ready' and how this affected labor relations. He also speaks about his Catholic...
Dates:
2021-11-16