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In this interview, Fannie Robinson and her daughter Nadine Lockard discuss moving into a predominantly white neighborhood in Washington, D.C., attending an interracial church, and Lockard's experience in the D.C. school system. Nadine also speaks about becoming a special education teacher in the District. Robinson explains working in school lunch rooms and at the Marriott Hadsa. Robinson describes her husbands and boyfriends.

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In this interview, Francine Berkowitz discusses growing up in Northeast Washington in a predominantly lower-middle class Jewish neighborhood. She also describes attending Tifereth Israel Synagogue, school integration, shopping, and her career with the Smithsonian.

Abstract Fred Craig begins by describing some of his favorite memories with his family, and of time spent working on his family’s farm. Rarely playing indoors, Fred and his friends saw local forests and parks as their playground. And he would continue to hike the forests near Parkland until he was 25 years old. By that time, he had developed a budding interest in wild plant and tree identification, which only increased under the tutelage of experts and elders in the D.C. area. An active member of the...