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Community organization

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Damu Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 116
Scope and Contents

The Damu Smith papers document Smiths' involvement in activism and community organizations. Among the records are biographical material, notes, photographs, audiocassette tapes, and research files. The research files cover Angola, South Africa, Korea, Iraq, the environment, and organizations such as the French Street Umoja Connection, Louisiana Cancer Alley, and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.

Dates: 1990-1994

Willians Silva interview, 2020-08-13

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc027_05.wav
Abstract The interview is in Spanish. Willians Silva talks about his early years in Peru before he immigrated to the Washington metro area. He talks about his first job in housekeeping at the Grand Hotel in Washington D.C.. He talks about being fired for trying to organize a union at that hotel. He talks about the difficulties of union organizing. But despite his despair at being fired, Silva met Arturo Griffiths who was an Organizer with Local 25. That friendship led to Silva's participation in the...
Dates: 2020-08-13

Wisconsin Avenue Corridor Committee

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1998-044
Dates: Majority of material found within Unknown