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 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:

José "Chico" Diaz interview, 2017-12-15

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc002_05.wav
Scope and Contents

José Diaz discusses moving to the US at age 15, his recovery from polio, Mount Pleasant in the 1980s, tensions between latino and african-american youth, the Mount Pleasant riot, and community-police relations.

Dates: 2017-12-15
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 2: Mount Pleasant Riot Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

José Sueiro interview, 2017-11-25

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc002_06.wav
Scope and Contents

José Sueiro discusses his studies at GW university, his move to Panama, his return to DC, his start in the newspaper industry and work at El Latino, DC police's lack of experience with latino youth, his memories of the Mount Pleasant riot, and Mayor Barry's close relationship to the latino community in DC.

Dates: 2017-11-25
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 2: Mount Pleasant Riot Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Joseph Owen Curtis Photograph Collection

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_p007
Dates: 1920 ca. - 1980 ca.
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Edward A. Kane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 008
Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, resolutions, and membership lists from the Federation of Citizens Associations, the Michigan Park Citizens Association, the National Gateway Citizens' Association, and the Northeast Council of Citizens’ Association. The papers also contain newspaper clippings and a photograph of Dr. Kane as a young man. The collection is arranged by Association or Organization name.

Dates: 1953-1979
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Latino Youth Community History Project Oral History Project

 Digital Collection
Identifier: OHP005
Dates: 1981 - 1982
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Laverne Hedrick interview, 2019-08-28

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc022
Scope and Contents

Laverne Hedrick discusses growing up in Greensboro, North Carolina; her time in Southeast Washington, D.C.; and her community engagement in Kenilworth.

Dates: 2019-08-28
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 22: Flowers and Families: The Stories of the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Lewis Maiden interview, 2021-06-30

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_005.wav
Abstract In this interview, Lewis Maiden discusses what Petworth was like when his family first moved there, when many of his neighbors and schoolmates were Italians. He talks about the various neighbors and local businesses he has known over the years since moving back to Petworth in 1971, including a former People’s Drug at Georgia and New Hampshire avenues that temporarily became a boxing club and youth community center. He talks about what he did for fun both as a teenager and as an adult,...
Dates: 2021-06-30
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C. Oral History Project / Series 1: Interviews

Luchs, Barbara

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022.093
Dates: 1964 - 2016
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Maps: City & Regional

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_map
Dates: 1612 - 1935
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Marietta Crichlow and Linda Crichlow White interview, 2014-10-02

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_006.mp3
Abstract 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...
Dates: 2014-10-02
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C. Oral History Project / Series 1: Interviews

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