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Community activists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:

Teresa Edmondson Spanish index, 2022-05-23

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc044_05_ind_spa.pdf
Abstract Teresa Edmondson shares her path towards becoming a Black woman warrior for affordable housing in D.C. This interview takes us through three decades of a working class Black woman in D.C. realizing her potential as a community leader and securing permanent affordable housing for Black and Brown people. In her childhood, her parents showed her what homeownership and community services entailed. Later in life, she endured a health crisis that resulted in her becoming a renter in a building...
Dates: 2022-05-23

Teresa Edmondson Spanish transcript, 2022-05-23

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc044_05_tra_spa.pdf
Abstract Teresa Edmondson shares her path towards becoming a Black woman warrior for affordable housing in D.C. This interview takes us through three decades of a working class Black woman in D.C. realizing her potential as a community leader and securing permanent affordable housing for Black and Brown people. In her childhood, her parents showed her what homeownership and community services entailed. Later in life, she endured a health crisis that resulted in her becoming a renter in a building...
Dates: 2022-05-23

Washington Community Video Center (WCVC) Collection

 Collection — External hard drive DIG_00031: Series dcpl_210_WCVC
Identifier: 210
Content Description

Content topics include: May Day Demonstrations, Paris Peace Talks, Welfare Recipients speaking out, urban conditions, Kathleen Cleaver, a video made and directed by welfare mothers, housing in Adams Morgan, Allen Ginsberg at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, 1970 interviews with pro-war demonstrators at a rally called by Reverend Carl McIntire, and more.

Dates: 1970 - 1975

Washington Inner-City Self Help (WISH)

 Collection
Identifier: 102
Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of the organizational records of Washington Inner-­City Self Help (WISH) from 1978 to 2005 and includes financial paperwork, correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, flyers, event brochures, photographs, video, and professional documents. Most of the materials are in English with a few materials in Spanish.

Dates: 1978 - 2005

Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

 Unprocessed Material — External hard drive DIG_00050
Identifier: 2024.026
Dates: 1973 - 2021; Digitized: 2024