Segregation
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Dupont Circle - "Slices of the Pie" Oral History Project
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHP010
Scope and Contents
Between 1984 and 1985, Mara Cherkasky, then a graduate student at The George Washington University, conducted 35 oral history interviews with longtime Dupont Circle residents. The interviews were conducted as a part of her master's thesis research about the changes to the northwest neighborhood. Here thesis is entitled "Slices of the Pie: Black and White Dupont Circle from the 1920s to the 1950s." Topics include Dupont Circle from the 1920s to the 1950s, childhood experiences, work and life...
Dates:
1984 - 1985
Easter Brown interview, 2022-01-06
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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_005.wav
Abstract
In this oral history interview, Easter Brown discusses her life and experiences moving from Marshville, North Carolina, to Washington, DC, in 1959. Recalling her upbringing in Marshville, Ms. Brown talks about her early educational experiences, her family’s work as sharecroppers, and racial segregation in her hometown. Ms. Brown talks about her decision to move to Washington, finding work in the city, meeting her husband and raising her children, and the changes she’s seen in her...
Dates:
2022-01-06
Frances Robinson interview, 2021-12-08
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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2021_002.wav
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In this interview, Mrs. Frances Robinson, a long-time D.C. resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Huntingdon, Tennessee, to Washington, D.C., in 1968. Mrs. Robinson discusses her upbringing and family life in Huntingdon, her family’s work as sharecroppers, and race relations in Huntingdon during her early life. She also talks about her move to D.C. in 1968 to provide childcare for her sister, the transition to city life, pursuing an education in Washington, and her 43-year...
Dates:
2021-12-08
Francine Berkowitz interview, 2017-07-18
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
Scope and Contents
In this interview, Francine Berkowitz discusses growing up in Northeast Washington in a predominantly lower-middle class Jewish neighborhood. She also describes attending Tifereth Israel Synagogue, school integration, shopping, and her career with the Smithsonian.
Dates:
2017-07-18
Gwendolyn Kelly interview, 2020-12-14
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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2020_005.wav
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In this oral history interview, Gwendolyn Kelly, a long time D.C. resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Warrenton, Virginia, to Washington, D.C.. Ms. Kelly talks about her early life and educational experiences in Tall Timbers, a community near Warrenton, as well as her family history in the area. She also discusses the segregation in and around Warrenton during her upbringing. Ms. Kelly then turns to a discussion of her move to Washington in 1956 when she was ten years...
Dates:
2020-12-14
James Daniels interview, 2021-11-17
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc032_03.mp3
Abstract
Please note this interview was recorded over a telephone call. In this oral history, James Daniels reflects on his time working at WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) and his work with the labor movement while at WMATA and beyond. He also speaks about his time growing up in South Carolina, where he lived until he was 12. The part of South Carolina he is from was still dependent on the cotton economy, and as a young child he picked cotton on a plantation. He remembers the...
Dates:
2021-11-17
Jerome Bettis interview, 2021-12-05
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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2021_003.wav
Abstract
In this oral history interview, Mr. Jerome Bettis, a longtime D.C. resident, discusses his life and experiences moving from Graniteville, South Carolina, to Washington, D.C. Mr. Bettis discusses his upbringing and family life in Graniteville as well as his experiences with racism and segregation during his early life. He then talks about his move to D.C. for junior high and most of high school and his return to South Carolina to complete the twelfth grade. He also talks about his passion for...
Dates:
2021-12-05
Joe Hairston interview part 1, 2016-11-15
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Identifier: dcpl_220_004_01.mp3
Abstract
In this interview, Hairston discusses his role in integrating the 1300 block of Kennedy Street NW in the mid-1950s and his move to D.C.’s Shepherd Park neighborhood in 1963, where he joined the efforts of Neighbors, Inc. to oppose blockbusting, racial steering, and other forms of racial discrimination in housing. He also discusses his daughters’ experiences in D.C.’s newly- integrated schools and later work by Neighbors, Inc. to stop the construction of freeways through D.C., promote traffic...
Dates:
Other: 2016-11-15
Joseph M. Benson, Sr. interview, 2022-12-03
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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_007.wav
Abstract
In this oral history interview, Mr. Joseph Benson, Sr. discusses his life and experiences moving from Ridgeway/Longwood, South Carolina, to Washington, D.C. Mr. Benson begins the interview with a discussion of his early life in South Carolina. He recalls the physical conditions of his upbringing, discusses his early educational experiences, and shares memories about his family life. He also talks about segregation and race relations in the South. Mr. Benson then discusses his move to...
Dates:
2022-12-03
Josephine Baker interview part 2, 2018-07-20
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc_008_01_2
Scope and Contents
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. 'In Part Two of this Oral History,...
Dates:
Other: 2018-07-20