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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

Lena Bradley interview, 2019-11-19

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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2019_003.wav
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In this oral history interview, Lena Bradley, a long time D.C. resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Kenly, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. She reflects on her upbringing and education in the South as well as her life in Washington and career as a beautician.

Dates: 2019-11-19
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project / Series 6: 2019-2020 School Year / Sub-series 1: Interviews

Leslie Bumstead interview, 2021-06-05

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_06.wav
Abstract Leslie Bumstead talks about moving around the world as a child, because of work of her father as a CIA agent. She reflects on finding confessional poetry as an outlet to deal with teenage angst and adolescent issues. She is later introduced to experimental poetry in D.C., building connections and re-imagining what poetry can look like. Leslie spends some time in El Salvador, recording oral histories of women guerilla fighters and doing other NGO work in the region. She meets her husband, a...
Dates: 2021-06-05
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 31: Where is My Place? Experimental Arts Community Building and Re-Building in Washington, D.C. / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Lilia Hinojosa interview audio, 2022

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Identifier: dcpl_237_FeedBack_HinojosaLilia.m4a
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Hinojosa explores the narrative surrounding Busboys and Poets in contrast with her experiences as a long-time worker there. She narrates moments of resistance, intimidation, wage theft and harassment that she was impacted by as a server, and that her coworkers were impacted by. She recounts witnessing Malcolm Wilson's resignation and how that impacted her, as well as the events leading up to her own resignation.

Dates: 2022
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Feed/Back Oral History Project / Series 1: Interiews

Lilia Hinojosa interview video, 2022

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Identifier: dcpl_237_FeedBack_HinojosaLilia.mp4
Abstract

Hinojosa explores the narrative surrounding Busboys and Poets in contrast with her experiences as a long-time worker there. She narrates moments of resistance, intimidation, wage theft and harassment that she was impacted by as a server, and that her coworkers were impacted by. She recounts witnessing Malcolm Wilson's resignation and how that impacted her, as well as the events leading up to her own resignation.

Dates: 2022
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Feed/Back Oral History Project / Series 1: Interiews

Linda Brown Interview, 2017-07-25

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc003_01.mp3
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Linda Brown discusses growing up in Washington, DC and moving to Southwest; the experience of raising her daughter, Chaya, a child with disabilities, and their relationship with the community; her role as an advocate for people with disabilities and her involvement with several organizations, such as TASH, University Legal Services, and Empower DC; public housing; and the redevelopment and historical value of the Southwest neighborhood.

Dates: 2017-07-25
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 3: Buzzard Point Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Lois Athey interview part 1, 2020-08-06

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc027_03_1.wav
Abstract Lois Athey tells the story of the Latin American Festival in the years 1988 - 1990. As a volunteer during those years, Athey organized the food booths and helped the volunteer Festival Committee secure their 501c3 status after the 1988 Festival. When the Festival President Arturo Griffiths moved the Festival to the Washington Monument grounds in 1989, Athey helped the team negotiate permits for the use of the Mall. She describes the problems and issues that the Festival faced during those...
Dates: 2020-08-06
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 27: History of the First Latin American Festival on the Mall: 1989-1990 / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Lois Athey interview part 2, 2020-08-18

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc027_03_2.wav
Abstract Lois Athey tells the story of the Latin American Festival in the years 1988 - 1990. As a volunteer during those years, Athey organized the food booths and helped the volunteer Festival Committee secure their 501c3 status after the 1988 Festival. When the Festival President Arturo Griffiths moved the Festival to the Washington Monument grounds in 1989, Athey helped the team negotiate permits for the use of the Mall. She describes the problems and issues that the Festival faced during those...
Dates: 2020-08-18
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 27: History of the First Latin American Festival on the Mall: 1989-1990 / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Mabel Mitchell interview, 2016-01-08

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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2015_010.wav
Scope and Contents

In this oral history interview, Ms. Mabel Mitchell, a long time DC resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Washington, DC. Ms. Mitchell discusses her early life in Raleigh, her move to Washington, DC, in the early 1950s, her transition to living and working in DC, and her long career in the government. Ms. Mitchell also talks about segregation and racial discrimination in Washington, as well as gentrification in the city in the 21st century.

Dates: 2016-01-08
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project / Series 2: 2015-2016 School Year / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Makini Niliwambieni interview, 2018-05-21

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc010
Scope and Contents Makini Niliwambieni a.k.a. Mama Makini reflects on her life and what brought her to dedicate decades to performing, choreographing, and teaching African styles of dance. She talks about growing-up in Trenton, NJ, where she was exposed to “Black Arts” coming out of the Civil Rights Movement. She first started attending African Dance classes as part of the African People’s Action School, which was closely related to the socialist All African People Revolutionary Party founded by Kwame NKrumah...
Dates: 2018-05-21
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 10: Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C. / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Marcia Howard Interview, 2020-06-11

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc021
Scope and Contents Marcia Howard, long-time company member of Coyaba Dance Theater and coordinator of the Coyaba Youth Academy, reflects on her life and passion for dance. Howard speaks about her childhood growing up in Baltimore, her dance training, and early recollections of racial tension in the country. After a brief hiatus, Howard talks about how dance reentered her life and became her sole purpose, leading her to travel around the world to perform and study dances of the African diaspora, as well as hold...
Dates: 2020-06-11
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 21: Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C. / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

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