African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:
Randi Payton transcript, 2022-06-16
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc046_03_tra.pdf
Abstract
Randi Payton details his life from Camden, New Jersey to Washington, D.C. Through the course of his life Randi has pursued many entrepreneurial endeavors including working as a freelance journalist for the Washington Post and serving as editor for the Washington Afro newspaper. He also founded the first national automotive magazine newspaper supplements in African American, Hispanic, and Asian newspapers. In 1995, he launched the first automotive website in the U.S. and the annual Urban...
Dates:
2022-06-16
Raymond Henderson interview, 2018-07-02
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc006_03.wav
Scope and Contents
Raymond Henderson, a native of Washington, D.C., discusses his childhood mostly spent in the Anacostia neighborhood, attending different elementary and junior high schools before dropping out of high school to join the Marine Corps at the age of 17, his experiences during the Vietnam War, earning his GED and enrolling in Federal City College (now the University of the District of Columbia) to study political science, the evlution of his political conscieness and his involvment with student...
Dates:
2018-07-02
Richard Hamilton interview, 2020-11-02
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc020
Scope and Contents
Mr. Hamilton recalls stories about living in segregated America, the start of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, owing the Central Ave Market in Marshall Heights, serving on the Metropolitan Police Department, and as Director of Security of the Jefferson Hotel. He provides great advice about how to treat people and maintaining strong relationships.
Dates:
2020-11-02
Richard Hamilton transcript, 2020-11-02
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc020
Scope and Contents
Mr. Hamilton recalls stories about living in segregated America, the start of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, owing the Central Ave Market in Marshall Heights, serving on the Metropolitan Police Department, and as Director of Security of the Jefferson Hotel. He provides great advice about how to treat people and maintaining strong relationships.
Dates:
2020-11-02
Roger Glass interview part 1, 2019-05-05
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents
Roger Glass discusses life growing up in New York, attending college at Howard University in the 70s, and his writing career for Washington Afro American newspaper and Washington Star, and being the President of the Washington Association of Black Journalists. Glass recalls his introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, and life as a parent of two students at The Davis Center. He also talks about being the PTA President at Whittier Elementary School, being a founding...
Dates:
2019-05-05
Roger Glass interview part 2, 2019-05-05
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents
Roger Glass discusses life growing up in New York, attending college at Howard University in the 70s, and his writing career for Washington Afro American newspaper and Washington Star, and being the President of the Washington Association of Black Journalists. Glass recalls his introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, and life as a parent of two students at The Davis Center. He also talks about being the PTA President at Whittier Elementary School, being a founding...
Dates:
2019-05-05
Roger Glass interview part 3, 2019-05-05
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents
Roger Glass discusses life growing up in New York, attending college at Howard University in the 70s, and his writing career for Washington Afro American newspaper and Washington Star, and being the President of the Washington Association of Black Journalists. Glass recalls his introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, and life as a parent of two students at The Davis Center. He also talks about being the PTA President at Whittier Elementary School, being a founding...
Dates:
2019-05-05
Roger Glass interview part 4, 2019-05-05
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents
Roger Glass discusses life growing up in New York, attending college at Howard University in the 70s, and his writing career for Washington Afro American newspaper and Washington Star, and being the President of the Washington Association of Black Journalists. Glass recalls his introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, and life as a parent of two students at The Davis Center. He also talks about being the PTA President at Whittier Elementary School, being a founding...
Dates:
2019-05-05
Ruffin/Jones Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: 145
Scope and Contents
The Ruffin/Jones Family Collection contains photographs, cassette tapes with audio recordings of interviews, and printed material such as articles and publications, brochures and programs, school-related items, letters, and research files and notes pertaining to C. Bernard Ruffin, III and members of his family. The life and work of his aunt, Louise Jones Hubbard, is particularly well-documented; material related to her makes up a large portion of the collection. The collection is...
Dates:
1842 - 1999 (bulk 1920s - 1999); Majority of material found within 1920 - 1999
Ruth Scarbrough index, 2022-06-09
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc041_05_ind.pdf
Abstract
Ruth Scarbrough discusses her life as a native Washingtonian transplanted as a teenager in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She reflects on growing up in pre-gentrified northwest and northeast Washington, D.C., the 1968 riots, living in non-diverse communities in Oklahoma, transcribing the Cassius Clay v. United States court case, pursuing career goals without the prerequisite education, and rising to career success in the federal government. She also speaks about raising boys as a single...
Dates:
2022-06-09