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In this interview, Arrington Dixon discussed his early experiences living in Anacostia and moving to the Lamond Riggs area. Dixon remembers segregation and discrimination growing up, and the impact of the church on his life. He also recalls taking the trolleys to McKinley High School, the death of his brother, and running for Councilmember of Ward 4.

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In this interview, sisters Diane Hinton Perry and Audrey Hinton discuss hostility from white neighbors when their family bought a house on Farragut Street NW in 1953; white flight; switching schools after the Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional; and businesses along 14th Street. They also describe their father's career as a physician, the discrimination he faced from the white medical establishment, and their own careers.

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In Part 2 of this interview, Angie talks about the experience of being one of the few Black students at historically white Wilson High School in the late 1960s. She also recounts finding cannonballs and steer bones in the woods behind the house on Peabody Street. Brinnie discusses the difficulty of finding a new house and the possibility of having to send some of her children away to live with their grandparents.

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Clinton Price discusses his childhood, his and his siblings' participation in athletics, attending Texas A and M University and his family business, the Price's Grocery.

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Clinton Price discusses his childhood, his and his siblings' participation in athletics, attending Texas A and M University and his family business, the Price's Grocery.

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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.

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Frederick Hollis discusses Fort Totten as a great place to grow up, playing sports, education, fashion, music and serving in the U.S. Army.

Abstract 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...

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,...

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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.