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African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 323 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Earl Pope transcript, 2022-07-13

 Item
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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 46: Let's Talk Hand Dance / Sub-Series 3: Transcripts

Saundra Sanders interview, 2018-08-12

 File
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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 13: Women of the WIRE: Stories of D.C.’s Formerly Incarcerated Women / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Saving a Community's Recollections: Takoma Park Oral History Project

 Collection — External hard drive DIG_00006
Identifier: OHP021
Scope and Contents

In 2001 the Oral History Committee of Historic Takoma received a grant from Montgomery County's Historic Preservation Commission to conduct interviews with three longtime residents of Takoma Park, Maryland. Topics include public schools, World War II, architecture, real estate development, transportation, the African-American community, race relations, churches, and recreation in the neighborhood and metropolitan area. All interviews were conducted Eilene McGuckian.

Dates: 2001
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Savoy Family Genealogical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 150
Scope and Contents This collection consists of genealogical information related to the Savoy family of Washington, DC, obtained from family members’ records and research. It documents members of the Savoy family born between the years of 1794 and 2009; however, most of the material and information within the collection pertains to Savoy family ancestors born between 1794 and 1912. The life of Edward Augustine Savoy (1855 - 1943) is particularly well-documented. The collection includes materials such as...
Dates: 1836-2013
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
Selections from the Damu Smith Papers
Selections from the Damu Smith Papers

Selections from the Damu Smith Papers

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dclp_116_Smith
Dates: 1960 - 2010
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

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