Education
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Josephine Baker interview part 1, 2018-05-25
Josephine Baker talks most about her involvement with the Charter School movement and shares some of the battle scars gained from those who thought, even after 25 years of a stellar reputation with DCPS, that she must be anti-DCPS to take on this new initiative. She explains her motivation, the importance of educational options in each child's development and what she believes they achieved on behalf of children, who she insists must always come first.
Josephine Baker interview part 2, 2018-07-20
Judy Brown interview, 2022-11-23
Laura Danley interview, 2021-11-23
Marian Davis interview, 2020-12-27
Martha Saragovitz and Barbara Saragovitz interview, 2017-10-05
In this interview with Barbara and Martha Saragovitz, the sisters discuss growing up in Lamond Riggs, when the neighborhood was brand new and largely Jewish. They recount their experiences during the real estate blockbusting and their family's eventual move to Capitol Hill in 1963. Martha remembers a few violent incidents after moving to Southwest, D.C., and her time as an undergraduate at American University.
Michael Swann interview, 2019-08-31
Michael Swann speaks of his childhood memories, the impact some teachers had on him, friends, dancing and the strong sense of community that he felt growing up in the Fort Totten community.
Muriel Tillinghast interview, 2021-12-13
Patricia Smith Spencer Lee interview, 2019-08-12
Patricia Smith Spencer Lee recalls Fort Totten as being a village with a strong sense of nurturing and belonging as party of her childhood.
Pedro Avilés interview, 2017-11-15
Pedro Avilés discusses moving to Adams Morgan in 1974, his memories of Mount Pleasant, his involvement with the Sacred Heart Church Theatre Group, racial identity, tensions between teachers at DC Public Schools and non-English-speaking students, his memories of the Mount Pleasant riot, his subsequent involvement with DC's Latino Task Force, and police-community relations in DC.