Neighborhoods
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Series 25: Voices of The D.C. Fort Totten Storytellers, 2019
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc025
Abstract
Voices of The D.C. Fort Totten Storytellers interviews Black residents who lived in Fort Totten in the 1950s, when families began to enjoy the equal opportunity of purchasing homes in the community developed by Morris Cafritz.
Dates:
2019
Tobin Smith index, part 1, 2019-06-06
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc025_07_01_ind.pdf
Abstract
This oral history interview with Tobin Smith was conducted originally as a video by Jules Johnson (JJ) and exported as audio by Stephanie Mills Trice. Tobin was born at Columbia Hospital for Women. He and his family moved to the Hawaiian Gardens Apartments in Fort Totten when Tobin was nine years old. He attended Keene Elementary, Rabaut Junior High School, and Roosevelt Senior High School. He discusses several of his teachers, including his favorite teacher. After high school, he attended...
Dates:
2019-06-06
Tobin Smith interview, part 1, 2019-06-06
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc025_07_01.mp4
Abstract
This oral history interview with Tobin Smith was conducted originally as a video by Jules Johnson (JJ) and exported as audio by Stephanie Mills Trice. Tobin was born at Columbia Hospital for Women. He and his family moved to the Hawaiian Gardens Apartments in Fort Totten when Tobin was nine years old. He attended Keene Elementary, Rabaut Junior High School, and Roosevelt Senior High School. He discusses several of his teachers, including his favorite teacher. After high school, he attended...
Dates:
2019-06-06
Tobin Smith interview, part 2, 2019-09-19
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc025_07_02.WAV
Abstract
This oral history interview was a follow-up to a previous interview on June 6, 2019 conducted with Tobin Smith by Stephanie Mills Trice. Tobin Smith recalls Fort Totten being a peaceful community that no one heard of until the subway came. He discusses time with friends playing, partying, riding his bike downtown D.C., attending UDC, and having a career in the television industry.
Dates:
2019-09-19