African American universities and colleges
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marietta Crichlow and Linda Crichlow White interview, 2014-10-02
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Identifier: dcpl_220_006.mp3
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In this interview, Marietta discusses her childhood and her years as a young woman, when she lived in her family’s Le Droit Park home while attending Howard University. She also discusses her move to Petworth in 1950 with her husband and daughter Linda. She talks about what the neighborhood was like when they first moved there, before most of the white families moved away, and in later years when she was a member of the Block Club, which met monthly. She and Linda comment on how the...
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2014-10-02
Muriel Tillinghast interview, 2021-12-13
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Identifier: dcpl_220_007.mp4
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In this interview, Muriel discusses her childhood and her years as a young woman. Muriel discusses her experiences navigating her K-12 schools. Most notably, Muriel discusses her experience of racism and racial integration at Roosevelt High School. Muriel draws from her experiences and the observations she made of her classmates. Muriel discusses her higher education experiences at Howard University. During this time and after graduating from Roosevelt, Muriel was able to travel for social...
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Other: 2021-12-13