Families
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Lashonia Thompson-El interview, part 2, 2018-07-08
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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:
2018-07-08
Leslie Sarvis interview, 2021-10-04
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc029_03.wav
Abstract
Ms. Sarvis discusses growing up in D.C., mostly in Carver/Langston in Northeast, her early sense of herself as different and coming into her gender and sexuality, her older sister also being trans, going to clubs and performing, the impact of the AIDS epidemic, her time in prison, her involvement with transgender and HIV/AIDS organizations including Transgender Health Empowerment, and the changes in the city.
Dates:
2021-10-04
Mary Staton interview, 2022-11-28
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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_003.wav
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In this oral history interview, Ms. Mary Staton, a longtime D.C. area resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to the Washington, D.C. area. She recounts her upbringing in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and how her family’s emphasis on the importance of education coexisted with the responsibilities of growing tobacco, corn, cotton, and more on their farm. She discusses her experiences with segregation and her involvement protesting in the Civil...
Dates:
2022-11-28
Nathan Harrington interview, 2020-07-01
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc028_05.wav
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Nathan Harrington discusses pivotal experiences in his childhood and young adulthood that motivated him to found the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy. He recounts his parent’s careers and the serendipitous conditions that lead to his birth. Being the youngest of many siblings, Nathan describes lots of time spent alone with his parents, and with his Mom in particular. Noting his Mother’s untimely and tragic passing in 2012, Nathan recalls special moments they shared and the lasting impact of her...
Dates:
2020-07-01
Nicolette Williams interview part 1, 2018-05-05
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview was conducted with Nicolette Williams by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Nicolette Williams was born in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised by her aunt in Southeast D.C., because both of her parents were on drugs when she was a child. She describes returning to live with her mother at the age of 13, at which point she started getting involved in street life. She was in and out of the 14 years to life for murder. She served 16 years in prison and...
Dates:
2018-05-05
Nicolette Williams interview part 2, 2018-09-08
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview was conducted with Nicolette Williams by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Nicolette Williams was born in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised by her aunt in Southeast D.C., because both of her parents were on drugs when she was a child. She describes returning to live with her mother at the age of 13, at which point she started getting involved in street life. She was in and out of the 14 years to life for murder. She served 16 years in prison and...
Dates:
2018-09-08
Peter Redgrave interview, 2021-06-05
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_08.wav
Abstract
Peter Redgrave talks about being born outside of London and starting to move around at the age 6, as his family travels to the United States, following his father’s hotel work. Peter’s parents separated a few years later, which creates a shift in the family dynamic. Peter’s mother works and goes to law school, while Peter and his brother get into skateboarding and building a community, through zine-making and traveling to new skating locations around the country. Peter develops his interest...
Dates:
2021-06-05
Seng Luangrath interview index, 2018-09-25
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_04_ind.pdf
Scope and Contents
Seng Luangrath discusses her childhood in Vientiane, Laos, living in a multi-generational home, learning to cook from her grandmother, the impact of the Laotian Civil War and the Vietnam War on her family, attending a French-language school, learning that her family would be escaping Laos but that her sister would remain with her grandmother, the experience of being smuggled across the Laos border into Thailand, life as a refugee in Thailand then the Philippines, attending an English...
Dates:
2018-09-25
Seng Luangrath interview part 1, 2018-09-25
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_02_1.wav
Scope and Contents
Seng Luangrath discusses her childhood in Vientiane, Laos, living in a multi-generational home, learning to cook from her grandmother, the impact of the Laotian Civil War and the Vietnam War on her family, attending a French-language school, learning that her family would be escaping Laos but that her sister would remain with her grandmother, the experience of being smuggled across the Laos border into Thailand, life as a refugee in Thailand then the Philippines, attending an English...
Dates:
2018-09-25
Seng Luangrath interview part 2, 2018-09-25
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_02_2.wav
Scope and Contents
Seng Luangrath discusses her childhood in Vientiane, Laos, living in a multi-generational home, learning to cook from her grandmother, the impact of the Laotian Civil War and the Vietnam War on her family, attending a French-language school, learning that her family would be escaping Laos but that her sister would remain with her grandmother, the experience of being smuggled across the Laos border into Thailand, life as a refugee in Thailand then the Philippines, attending an English...
Dates:
2018-09-25