Community activists
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 124 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