Takoma Park (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Bobby Hill interview, 2021-06-05
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_01.wav
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Bobby Hill talks about being born in Washington, D.C. when the city was predominantly Black. He went to school in Powell Elementary and was interested in basketball and athletics at large. While in St. Mary’s College studying business, he starts to DJ for the student station. After graduating college, Bobby returns to D.C. and starts to go to many jazz events at DC Space, Bohemian Caverns, and other D.C. venues. He soon lands a gig helping at the famous WPFW Jazz and Justice station and this...
Dates:
2021-06-05
Carolivia Herron interview, 2017-08-11
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
Scope and Contents
In Part 1 of this interview, Carolivia Herron discusses growing up in Northeast Washington, D.C. in a segregated neighborhood, on Douglass Street NE in Kenilworth, and visiting her grandmother's house in Capitol Heights. Herron recounts her childhood, her family's role in blockbusting their Takoma neighborhood, and the work of Neighbors, Incorporated.
Carolivia Herron was born in 1941 at the Freedmen's Hospital of Howard University in Washington, D.C. She grew up in the Mayfair Mansions...
Dates:
2017-08-11
Sarah E. Ellis Papers
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Identifier: 019
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, clippings, meeting minutes, reports, and pamphlets of local issues and citizens’ organizations in which Mrs. Ellis was involved; including the Chillum Heights Citizens’ Association, the D.C. Federation of Citizens’ Associations, Junior Village, the Committee for the Rights of the D.C. Business Community, urban renewal, home rule, and mass transit. Of significance, is a 1972 report titled "Report of the Special Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal in D.C."
Dates:
1945-1979
Faith Wheeler interview part 1, 2021-10-30
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Identifier: dcpl_220_003_01.wav
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In this interview, Faith Wheeler discusses how she came to live in DC and what attracted her to Takoma – specifically that it was a mostly Black, integrated, and friendly community where the neighbors looked out for one another. She talks about some of her longtime neighbors and the work of Neighbors, Inc., which she became involved with. She discusses her daughter’s schooling and the decision to send her to Sidwell Friends rather than Takoma Elementary School. She comments on her daughter’s...
Dates:
2021-10-30
Faith Wheeler interview part 2, 2021-10-30
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Identifier: dcpl_220_003_02.wav
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In this interview, Faith Wheeler discusses how she came to live in DC and what attracted her to Takoma – specifically that it was a mostly Black, integrated, and friendly community where the neighbors looked out for one another. She talks about some of her longtime neighbors and the work of Neighbors, Inc., which she became involved with. She discusses her daughter’s schooling and the decision to send her to Sidwell Friends rather than Takoma Elementary School. She comments on her daughter’s...
Dates:
2021-10-30
Jude Hobdy interview, 2021-06-20
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_02.wav
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Jude tells the story of being born in San Diego, California to a very musical family, where they spent most of their time outdoors, playing sports, exploring. They moved to Seattle, Washington in early 2000s, where a new and different journey starts, including composing music and taking piano and vocal lessons. Jude then goes to Oakwood College in Alabama, where they deepen their musical practices, composing own songs, while facing the realities of overt racism in the South. Jude spends time...
Dates:
2021-06-20
Khalid Thompson interview, 2021-06-20
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_03.wav
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Khalid Thompson talks about his childhood in Richmond, Virginia, where southern hospitality is juxtaposed to the reality of historical and current social injustices. He reflects on visiting Washington D.C. in the early 2000s, learning about the underground visual and sonic arts, and moving to the District. He then moves and works as a bike messenger, really getting to know the city, including artists who make experimental arts, outside of the “norm”. Following encouragement from family and...
Dates:
2021-06-20
Laura Irene interview, 2021-06-05
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_04.wav
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Laura Irene talks about moving to Washington, D.C. from Dallas, Texas and slowly finding the music and arts community that she continues to foster today. She reflects on her collection of records of LatinX music, interview recordings, and other interesting sounds. She remembers creating Day of the Dead altars for two years, where Rhizome DC community was invited to reflect on their dead, as well as remember LatinX people, killed by the police. She emphasizes how rare and important spaces...
Dates:
2021-06-05
Layne Garrett interview, 2021-06-05
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_05.wav
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Layne Garrett discusses growing up in a typical household in Tennessee and spending his childhood, visiting family on long road trips to Texas. While interest in music was always present in Layne’s life, it was in high school that exposure to outsider literature and open tuning in guitar brought him to be a part of music projects and pursue creative expression. He reflects on four years of living in a new city in Phoenix after college, where lack of social engagements got him to experiment...
Dates:
2021-06-05
Leslie Bumstead interview, 2021-06-05
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_06.wav
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Leslie Bumstead talks about moving around the world as a child, because of work of her father as a CIA agent. She reflects on finding confessional poetry as an outlet to deal with teenage angst and adolescent issues. She is later introduced to experimental poetry in D.C., building connections and re-imagining what poetry can look like. Leslie spends some time in El Salvador, recording oral histories of women guerilla fighters and doing other NGO work in the region. She meets her husband, a...
Dates:
2021-06-05