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Black persons

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 233 Collections and/or Records:

Morgan Butler interview video, 2022

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_237_FeedBack_ButlerMorgan.mp4
Abstract

Butler (she/they) narrates their experiences at Busboys and Poets, first as a child and later as a poet and employee. She explores the cultural role that Busboys has played in DC along with gentrification in the city and how it has impacted arts spaces. Butler describes their understanding of the responsibility that business owners have toward the communities that they serve, in particular DC’s local Black community.

Dates: 2022
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Feed/Back Oral History Project / Series 1: Interiews

Mount Zion United Methodist Church Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P013
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 44 3”x5” (19 color, 25 B&W) and four 8”x10” (all B&W) prints of the Mount Zion United Methodist Church’s Community House. Most of the images are of the restoration of the Community House and were taken prior to the work being done. There are a few images of the handicap ramp, which was added to the church in 1983. There are no negatives with this collection.

Dates: 1984
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Muriel Tillinghast interview, 2021-12-13

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_007.mp4
Abstract In this interview, Muriel discusses her childhood and her years as a young woman. Muriel discusses her experiences navigating her K-12 schools. Most notably, Muriel discusses her experience of racism and racial integration at Roosevelt High School. Muriel draws from her experiences and the observations she made of her classmates. Muriel discusses her higher education experiences at Howard University. During this time and after graduating from Roosevelt, Muriel was able to travel for social...
Dates: Other: 2021-12-13
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C. Oral History Project / Series 1: Interviews

Nadine Seiler interview, 2021-02-05

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_231_blmoh_memorialfence_001.mov
Abstract This is an individual interview of Nadine J. Seiler (1965-) for which she responds to a series of questions asking about the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence in Washington, D.C. Seiler describes her burgeoning awareness of the Black Lives Matter social movement, her political demonstration activity, and her ultimate roles and responsibilities of caretaker and curator of the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence. She describes the preservation and curatorial skills that developed during the...
Dates: 2021-02-05
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Oral History / Series 1: Interviews

Natalie Hopkinson Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 211
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of research materials including notes and field recordings, photographs, clippings from periodicals, and ephemera documenting go-go music and culture in the Washington, DC metropolitan area gathered by Hopkinson. The collection also includes material written and published by Hopkinson.

Dates: 1986 - 2021
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Nia Kuumba Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023.033
Dates: Majority of material found within 1980 - 2015
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Nicolette Williams interview part 1, 2018-05-05

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Nicolette Williams by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Nicolette Williams was born in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised by her aunt in Southeast D.C., because both of her parents were on drugs when she was a child. She describes returning to live with her mother at the age of 13, at which point she started getting involved in street life. She was in and out of the 14 years to life for murder. She served 16 years in prison and...
Dates: 2018-05-05
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 13: Women of the WIRE: Stories of D.C.’s Formerly Incarcerated Women / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Nicolette Williams interview part 2, 2018-09-08

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Nicolette Williams by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Nicolette Williams was born in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised by her aunt in Southeast D.C., because both of her parents were on drugs when she was a child. She describes returning to live with her mother at the age of 13, at which point she started getting involved in street life. She was in and out of the 14 years to life for murder. She served 16 years in prison and...
Dates: 2018-09-08
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 13: Women of the WIRE: Stories of D.C.’s Formerly Incarcerated Women / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Northeasterners Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 021
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of correspondence, by-laws, meeting minutes, financial reports, a short history, member information, and photographs of the Northeasterners.

Dates: 1952-1989
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Out of Kenilworth Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: OHP022
Scope and Contents Between 2003 and 2005 Joseph Lapp conducted a series of oral history interviews to document the history of the Kenilworth neighborhood. Interviewees included Lapp family members and the Fellowship Haven Church community. Topics include family stories, tenant management movement, Aquatic gardens, African-American experience and the Eastland Gardens community. Digital files include copies of all transcripts, PowerPoint presentation given at Kenilworth History Day celebration, and a general...
Dates: 2003 - 2005
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

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