Citizens' associations
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Series 35: We Are Penn Branch DC Oral History Project, 2021
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc035
Abstract
This oral history project documented the personal narratives of the first generation of African Americans who integrated Penn Branch, a neighborhood of approximately 550 single-family homes in southeast Washington, D.C. (Ward 7), between 1960 and 1968. The Penn Branch neighborhood east of the Potomac River is bound by Pennsylvania Avenue SE to the south, Pope Branch Park and Pope Creek to the north, Branch Avenue to the west, and Fort Davis Park to the east. It is the sister neighborhood to...
Dates:
2021
Susan Hormuth interview, 2021-10-23
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc035_07.wav
Abstract
Susan Hormuth shares her childhood memories of life in Penn Branch and Hillcrest neighborhoods. She also describes the process of integration and what it was like for her attending DC Public Schools in southeast Washington, D.C. during the 1960s.
Dates:
2021-10-23
Vildred L. Fitzgerald interview, 2021-10-20
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc035_08.wav
Abstract
Vildred Fitzgerald, a retired elementary school teacher from DC Public Schools, shares her earliest memories growing up in Danville, Virginia. She talks about how she met her husband, a prominent dentist in Washington, D.C., and they first settled in the Penn Branch neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C.
Dates:
2021-10-20