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Women

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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:

Judge Mary Terrell interview part 1, 2019-09-20

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents

Judge Mary Terrell discusses growing up in Akron, Ohio, her time at Howard University, being a founding member of The National Congress of Black Women with Shirley Chisholm, joining the Peace Corps, and being an Associate Judge appointed by former President Bill Clinton. Terrell also recounts her introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, teaching at The Davis Center, and the magnitude of servicing your community for 50 Years for any business.

Dates: 2019-09-20

Judge Mary Terrell interview part 2, 2019-09-20

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents

Judge Mary Terrell discusses growing up in Akron, Ohio, her time at Howard University, being a founding member of The National Congress of Black Women with Shirley Chisholm, joining the Peace Corps, and being an Associate Judge appointed by former President Bill Clinton. Terrell also recounts her introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, teaching at The Davis Center, and the magnitude of servicing your community for 50 Years for any business.

Dates: 2019-09-20

Judy Brown interview, 2022-11-23

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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_001.wav
Abstract In this oral history interview, Ms. Judy Brown, a teacher at Georgetown Day School, discusses her life and experiences moving from Durham, North Carolina, to the D.C. region. Ms. Brown recalls her upbringing and early educational experiences in Durham, particularly her experience integrating her junior high school. She then recalls her family’s move to Silver Spring, Maryland, in the summer of 1965 and their experience moving into an all-white neighborhood. She also discusses her high school...
Dates: 2022-11-23

Karen Irwin interview, 2023-03-22

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Identifier: dcpl_231_blmoh_memorialfence_002.mp4
Abstract

This is an individual interview of Karen Irwin, an activist at the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence in 2020 and involved in preserving the artifacts from the Fence in 2021.

Dates: 2023-03-22

Karla Jacobsen Squier interview, 2020-07-31

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc023
Scope and Contents

Karla Jacobsen Squier discusses her childhood in Washington, D.C. during World War II, her early life and career in fashion, her later career in Republican politics in New Jersey, her current life and COVID, her Christian faith, and memories of the Jacobsen family.

Dates: 2020-07-31

Kemi Morten interview, 2020-08-19

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc028_04.wav
Abstract Lawyer and activist, Kemi Morten, begins by discussing her family dynamic and childhood moving between Chicago, Illinois and Baltimore, Maryland. She describes learning the importance of celebrating and protecting her identity as an African-American from the persistent pressures of white-centering cultural influences. Whether it was her Father describing his mistreatment as a journalist during the Emmett Till trial, or her own experiences avoiding threats by white people at gunpoint, Kemi...
Dates: 2020-08-19

Kristy la rAt interview part 1, 2019-06-23

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc016_04_1
Scope and Contents

In this interview, Kristy Chavez-Fernandez, known professionally as Kristy la rAt, discusses music, family and community memories growing up in the D.C. metro area with strong ties to her family in Lima, Peru and New York. Her work in activism, education and culture, with relationships at the core, led to co-founding Anthology of Booty and throwing intentional parties in D.C. with her best friends.

Dates: 2019-06-23

Kristy la rAt interview part 2, 2019-08-28

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc016_04_2
Scope and Contents

In this interview, Kristy Chavez-Fernandez, known professionally as Kristy la rAt, discusses music, family and community memories growing up in the D.C. metro area with strong ties to her family in Lima, Peru and New York. Her work in activism, education and culture, with relationships at the core, led to co-founding Anthology of Booty and throwing intentional parties in D.C. with her best friends.

Dates: 2019-08-28

Lashonia Thompson-El interview, part 1, 2018-05-05

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Lashonia Thompson-El by Kristin Adair in Washington, DC. Lashonia Thompson-El was born in 1973 in Washington, DC. In the interview, Lashonia speaks about growing up in Southeast Washington, in a family that had migrated from North Carolina. As a teenager, she got involved in a life of crime. At the age of 19, she was arrested and later sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison for a double homicide. She was granted parole in December 2011, after...
Dates: 2018-05-05

Lashonia Thompson-El interview, part 2, 2018-07-08

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Lashonia Thompson-El by Kristin Adair in Washington, DC. Lashonia Thompson-El was born in 1973 in Washington, DC. In the interview, Lashonia speaks about growing up in Southeast Washington, in a family that had migrated from North Carolina. As a teenager, she got involved in a life of crime. At the age of 19, she was arrested and later sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison for a double homicide. She was granted parole in December 2011, after...
Dates: 2018-07-08