Discrimination
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
John Lawrence Hargrove and David Hargrove interview, 2022-09-24
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_01.mp3
Abstract
Larry and David Hargrove reflect on Ann Hargrove and her role and impact in Adams Morgan through her lifelong organizing work. They discuss the character of the neighborhood, its sense of community and diversity, and what makes it special, as well as the challenges they have seen with crime and the realities of changing demographics and gentrification. Larry talks about Ann’s work to designate several historic districts within Adams Morgan in order to preserve the architecture and prevent...
Dates:
2022-09-24
John Lawrence Hargrove and David Hargrove Spanish index, 2022-09-24
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_01_ind_spa.pdf
Abstract
Larry and David Hargrove reflect on Ann Hargrove and her role and impact in Adams Morgan through her lifelong organizing work. They discuss the character of the neighborhood, its sense of community and diversity, and what makes it special, as well as the challenges they have seen with crime and the realities of changing demographics and gentrification. Larry talks about Ann’s work to designate several historic districts within Adams Morgan in order to preserve the architecture and prevent...
Dates:
2022-09-24
John Lawrence Hargrove and David Hargrove Spanish transcript, 2022-09-24
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_01_tra_spa.pdf
Abstract
Larry and David Hargrove reflect on Ann Hargrove and her role and impact in Adams Morgan through her lifelong organizing work. They discuss the character of the neighborhood, its sense of community and diversity, and what makes it special, as well as the challenges they have seen with crime and the realities of changing demographics and gentrification. Larry talks about Ann’s work to designate several historic districts within Adams Morgan in order to preserve the architecture and prevent...
Dates:
2022-09-24
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
Mabel Mitchell interview, 2016-01-08
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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2015_010.wav
Scope and Contents
In this oral history interview, Ms. Mabel Mitchell, a long time DC resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Washington, DC. Ms. Mitchell discusses her early life in Raleigh, her move to Washington, DC, in the early 1950s, her transition to living and working in DC, and her long career in the government. Ms. Mitchell also talks about segregation and racial discrimination in Washington, as well as gentrification in the city in the 21st century.
Dates:
2016-01-08
Michael Tabor interview part 1, 2022-09-12
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_05_01.mp3
Abstract
Activist and farmer Michael Tabor reflects on his early life leading to his activism in college in the 1950s and his arrival in the Washington, D.C. area in the early 1960s as a graduate student at the University of Maryland. He talks about his time as an organizer in Adams Morgan, engaged with the counterculture movement that was centered in the neighborhood in the 1960s.
He began his farm in 1972 and brought his goods to the open lot at 18th and Columbia Road NW, which he advocated in the...
Dates:
2022-09-12
Michael Tabor interview part 2, 2022-09-12
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_05_02.mp3
Abstract
Activist and farmer Michael Tabor discusses starting his farm and the early creation of the Adams Morgan Farmers Market. He reflects on the changing character of the neighborhood from its early activist and radical roots to visible changes from gentrification over the past several decades. He reminisces about businesses and personalities connected with Adams Morgan history, the role of the farmers market over time, and his own continuing work as a farmer, writer, and activist at the age of...
Dates:
2022-09-12
Michael Tabor part 1 English index, 2022-09-12
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_05_01_ind_eng.pdf
Abstract
Activist and farmer Michael Tabor reflects on his early life leading to his activism in college in the 1950s and his arrival in the Washington, D.C. area in the early 1960s as a graduate student at the University of Maryland. He talks about his time as an organizer in Adams Morgan, engaged with the counterculture movement that was centered in the neighborhood in the 1960s.
He began his farm in 1972 and brought his goods to the open lot at 18th and Columbia Road NW, which he advocated in the...
Dates:
2022-09-12
Michael Tabor part 1 English transcript, 2022-09-12
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_05_01_tra_eng.pdf
Abstract
Activist and farmer Michael Tabor reflects on his early life leading to his activism in college in the 1950s and his arrival in the Washington, D.C. area in the early 1960s as a graduate student at the University of Maryland. He talks about his time as an organizer in Adams Morgan, engaged with the counterculture movement that was centered in the neighborhood in the 1960s.
He began his farm in 1972 and brought his goods to the open lot at 18th and Columbia Road NW, which he advocated in the...
Dates:
2022-09-12
Michael Tabor part 1 Spanish index, 2022-09-12
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_05_01_ind_spa.pdf
Abstract
Activist and farmer Michael Tabor reflects on his early life leading to his activism in college in the 1950s and his arrival in the Washington, D.C. area in the early 1960s as a graduate student at the University of Maryland. He talks about his time as an organizer in Adams Morgan, engaged with the counterculture movement that was centered in the neighborhood in the 1960s.
He began his farm in 1972 and brought his goods to the open lot at 18th and Columbia Road NW, which he advocated in the...
Dates:
2022-09-12