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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Danny Lee interview transcript, 2018-08-22

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_02_tra.pdf
Scope and Contents Danny Lee discusses growing up the child of immigrants with influences of Korean culture, food, and language, attending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, the impact of his father's early death on the family, his mother's restaurant enterprises, attending the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, his culinary training, opening Mandu in Dupont Circle and Mount Vernon Triangle, Washington, D.C. with his mother, collaborating with...
Dates: 2018-08-22
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 7: Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape Oral History Project / Sub-Series 2: Indexes and Transcripts

Dr. Frank Smith, Jr. interview, 2022-12-28

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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_008.wav
Abstract In this oral history interview, Dr. Frank Smith, Jr. discusses his life and experiences moving from Newnan, Georgia, to Washington, DC, in 1968. Dr. Smith talks about his early life in Newnan, his time at Morehouse College in Atlanta, and his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, first in Atlanta and later in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Dr. Smith also talks about how he met his wife and their move to Washington, DC, in 1968. Turning to life in Washington, Dr. Smith talks about his work...
Dates: Other: 2022-12-28
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project / Series 9: 2022-2023 School Year / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project / Series 9: 2022-2023 School Year / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Edward Lee interview, 2018-07-10

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_05.wav
Scope and Contents Edward Lee discusses his childhood in the Canarsie neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, New York, his desire from a young age to be in the kitchen, entering the foodservice industry at the age of 14 as a busboy, his short stint at Peter Kump's New York Cooking School, opening his first restaurant Clay, the enormous strain of his early success, moving to Louisville, Kentucky to reset personally and professionally, opening Succotash in National Harbor, Maryland then Washington, D.C., his views...
Dates: 2018-07-10
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 7: Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Eve Hunt's funeral, 1992-04

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A digital image of a polaroid photograph of the funeral of Eve Hunt, paternal grandmother of Cosby Hunt (second from the right). From left to right the men in the imager are Lut Williams, Bravell 'Bucky' Nesbitt, Jerry Williams Jr., Robert Williams, Cosby Hunt, and Cosby’s father, Isaac Cosby Hunt Jr. On the backside of the image is the note: 'Eve’s Funeral (April ’92).' This photograph is discussed at [01:15:40.05].

Dates: 1992-04
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Creating and Teaching Real World History Oral History Project / Series 1: Cosby Hunt / Sub-Section 4: Images

John Tran's family, 2019-07-22

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc014
Scope and Contents From the Series:

In Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape Asian American chefs/restaurateurs share their lived experiences of opening restaurants in D.C. and introducing their heritage cuisines and flavors to local communities. All narrators have some shared experiences, yet uniquely individualized stories, echoing the diversity of geography, ethnicity, culture, and religions within the category of Asian American.

Dates: 2019-07-22
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 14: Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape / Sub-Series 4: Photographs and Supplementary Materials

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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project / Series 9: 2022-2023 School Year / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Judy Brown interview, 2022-11-23

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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_001.wav
Abstract In this oral history interview, Ms. Judy Brown, a teacher at Georgetown Day School, discusses her life and experiences moving from Durham, North Carolina, to the D.C. region. Ms. Brown recalls her upbringing and early educational experiences in Durham, particularly her experience integrating her junior high school. She then recalls her family’s move to Silver Spring, Maryland, in the summer of 1965 and their experience moving into an all-white neighborhood. She also discusses her high school...
Dates: 2022-11-23
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project / Series 9: 2022-2023 School Year / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Larry La's family at the refugee camp in Kuching, Sarawak, 1979

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc014
Scope and Contents From the Series:

In Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape Asian American chefs/restaurateurs share their lived experiences of opening restaurants in D.C. and introducing their heritage cuisines and flavors to local communities. All narrators have some shared experiences, yet uniquely individualized stories, echoing the diversity of geography, ethnicity, culture, and religions within the category of Asian American.

Dates: 1979
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 14: Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape / Sub-Series 4: Photographs and Supplementary Materials

Lashonia Thompson-El interview, part 1, 2018-05-05

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Lashonia Thompson-El by Kristin Adair in Washington, DC. Lashonia Thompson-El was born in 1973 in Washington, DC. In the interview, Lashonia speaks about growing up in Southeast Washington, in a family that had migrated from North Carolina. As a teenager, she got involved in a life of crime. At the age of 19, she was arrested and later sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison for a double homicide. She was granted parole in December 2011, after...
Dates: 2018-05-05
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 13: Women of the WIRE: Stories of D.C.’s Formerly Incarcerated Women / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

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