Petworth (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Ron Majors interview, 2021-11-16
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc032_05.mp3
Abstract
Ron Majors reflects on his decades working as a bus operator for WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) and the importance of the union for strengthening the rights of workers. Though he joined Metro in 1980, two years after the 1978 Metro wildcat strike, he saw evidence of the strike's lasting legacy regarding labor militancy all around him. Ron talks about what it meant to always be 'strike ready' and how this affected labor relations. He also speaks about his Catholic...
Dates:
2021-11-16
Series 10: Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C., 2018
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc010
Scope and Contents
The Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C. contains six audio interviews conducted by Sarah Greenbaum and Jonathan Hsu in 2018. Indexes and transcripts are included for all interviews.
Dates:
2018
Series 21: Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C., 2020
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc021
Scope and Contents
This series is the second grant for Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C. DanceAfrica is a celebration of dance forms of the African Diaspora and is held annually in Washington, D.C., New York, New York, and Chicago, Illinois. The festival includes performance, films, master classes, educational programming, and a bazaar. This oral history project features six interviews with members of the DanceAfrica, D.C. elders’ council.
Dates:
2020