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African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 238 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Earl Pope photo 5, 2022-07-13

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc046_04_image05.jpg
Abstract

Samuel 'Earl' Pope discusses the founding of the National Hand Dance Association (NHDA) by a group of D.C. Hand Dancers. The NHDA collaborated with the Council of the District of Columbia to have D.C. Hand Dance proclaimed the Official Dance of the District of Columbia. Additionally, the NHDA was instrumental in the coordination and the promotion of D.C. Hand Dance in demonstrations and competitions across the country.

Dates: 2022-07-13

Samuel Earl Pope transcript, 2022-07-13

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc046_04_tra.pdf
Abstract

Samuel 'Earl' Pope discusses the founding of the National Hand Dance Association (NHDA) by a group of D.C. Hand Dancers. The NHDA collaborated with the Council of the District of Columbia to have D.C. Hand Dance proclaimed the Official Dance of the District of Columbia. Additionally, the NHDA was instrumental in the coordination and the promotion of D.C. Hand Dance in demonstrations and competitions across the country.

Dates: 2022-07-13

Saundra Sanders interview, 2018-08-12

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Saundra Sanders by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Saundra Sanders was born in 1962 in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised at 19th and Maryland Ave NE. She gave birth to her only child, a son, just after her graduation from Dunbar Senior High School in 1980. She discusses how she became involved in drug use and criminal activity. In 1984, she was incarcerated for the first time, serving six years. She talks about how she came to...
Dates: 2018-08-12

Series 5: Mapping Segregation in Washington DC: School and Neighborhood Desegregation in Ward 4, 2017

 Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
Scope and Contents Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C.: School Integration in Ward 4 documents the transformation of Ward 4 neighborhoods and schools during the 1950s and early 1960s. Ward 4 was predominantly white in the early 1940s, but saw a shift in demographics as white families fled after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bolling v. Sharpe, in which public school segregation was deemed unconstitutional in the District of Columbia. This project interviews Ward 4 residents that were among the first...
Dates: 2017

Series 8: Asbury United Methodist Church 2018 Oral History Project, 2018

 Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc008
Scope and Contents

Asbury United Methodist Church Oral History Project features interviews from members of Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. These episodes are drawn from oral histories of members of one of Washington’s historic Black churches. Asbury has been at the corner of 11th and K Streets Northwest since its founding in 1836. These church members share their personal experiences with Black history, national history and the history of the Washington, D.C., area.

Dates: 2018

Series 10: Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C., 2018

 Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc010
Scope and Contents

The Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C. contains six audio interviews conducted by Sarah Greenbaum and Jonathan Hsu in 2018. Indexes and transcripts are included for all interviews.

Dates: 2018

Series 11: Voices of The DC Fort Totten Storytellers Oral History Project, 2018

 Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc011
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

D.C. Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) is a citywide initiative to train community members in oral history skills, fund new and ongoing oral history projects, connect volunteers with oral history projects, and publicize existing oral history collections. DCOHC is a project of DC Public Library, HumanitiesDC, and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. This collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, and indexes produced by DCOHC grantees.

Dates: 2018

Series 13: Women of the WIRE: Stories of D.C.’s Formerly Incarcerated Women, 2018

 Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents The Women of the WIRE oral history project contain five video interviews conducted by Kristin Adain in 2018. Transcripts are included for all interviews.In Washington, D.C., only about five percent of those behind bars are women. But a substantial majority of these women are mothers, and many leave small children behind when they are sentenced to years or decades of incarceration. Women’s experiences of incarceration are dramatically different than those of men. Moreover, their...
Dates: 2018

Series 15: Asbury United Methodist Church Oral History Project, 2019

 Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc015
Scope and Contents

Asbury United Methodist Church Oral History Project features interviews from members of Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. These episodes are drawn from oral histories of members of one of Washington’s historic Black churches. Asbury has been at the corner of 11th and K Streets Northwest since its founding in 1836. These church members share their personal experiences with Black history, national history and the history of the Washington, D.C., area.

Dates: 2019

Series 18: The Davis Center Oral History Project, 2019

 Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents The focus of this oral history project is, Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, who impacted her neighborhood, the arts, and D.C. positively for over 50 years through her community-focused center, The Davis Center. Since 1969, the Davis Center has provided dance instruction and arts-related education to Washington D.C. residents of all ages and diverse backgrounds. Narrators include Davis Center students, parents, community members and others whose lives have been influenced and enriched by Ms....
Dates: 2019