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Found in 159 Collections and/or Records:

Roger Glass interview part 4, 2019-05-05

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents Roger Glass discusses life growing up in New York, attending college at Howard University in the 70s, and his writing career for Washington Afro American newspaper and Washington Star, and being the President of the Washington Association of Black Journalists. Glass recalls his introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, and life as a parent of two students at The Davis Center. He also talks about being the PTA President at Whittier Elementary School, being a founding...
Dates: 2019-05-05
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 18: The Davis Center Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Saundra Sanders interview, 2018-08-12

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Saundra Sanders by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Saundra Sanders was born in 1962 in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised at 19th and Maryland Ave NE. She gave birth to her only child, a son, just after her graduation from Dunbar Senior High School in 1980. She discusses how she became involved in drug use and criminal activity. In 1984, she was incarcerated for the first time, serving six years. She talks about how she came to...
Dates: 2018-08-12
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

Series 5: Mapping Segregation in Washington DC: School and Neighborhood Desegregation in Ward 4, 2017

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
Scope and Contents Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C.: School Integration in Ward 4 documents the transformation of Ward 4 neighborhoods and schools during the 1950s and early 1960s. Ward 4 was predominantly white in the early 1940s, but saw a shift in demographics as white families fled after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bolling v. Sharpe, in which public school segregation was deemed unconstitutional in the District of Columbia. This project interviews Ward 4 residents that were among the first...
Dates: 2017
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

Series 8: Asbury United Methodist Church 2018 Oral History Project, 2018

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc008
Scope and Contents

Asbury United Methodist Church Oral History Project features interviews from members of Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. These episodes are drawn from oral histories of members of one of Washington’s historic Black churches. Asbury has been at the corner of 11th and K Streets Northwest since its founding in 1836. These church members share their personal experiences with Black history, national history and the history of the Washington, D.C., area.

Dates: 2018
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

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
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

Series 11: Voices of The DC Fort Totten Storytellers Oral History Project, 2018

 Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc011
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

D.C. Oral History Collaborative (DCOHC) is a citywide initiative to train community members in oral history skills, fund new and ongoing oral history projects, connect volunteers with oral history projects, and publicize existing oral history collections. DCOHC is a project of DC Public Library, HumanitiesDC, and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. This collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, and indexes produced by DCOHC grantees.

Dates: 2018
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, 2018

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents The Women of the WIRE oral history project contain five video interviews conducted by Kristin Adain in 2018. Transcripts are included for all interviews.In Washington, D.C., only about five percent of those behind bars are women. But a substantial majority of these women are mothers, and many leave small children behind when they are sentenced to years or decades of incarceration. Women’s experiences of incarceration are dramatically different than those of men. Moreover, their...
Dates: 2018
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

Series 15: Asbury United Methodist Church Oral History Project, 2019

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc015
Scope and Contents

Asbury United Methodist Church Oral History Project features interviews from members of Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. These episodes are drawn from oral histories of members of one of Washington’s historic Black churches. Asbury has been at the corner of 11th and K Streets Northwest since its founding in 1836. These church members share their personal experiences with Black history, national history and the history of the Washington, D.C., area.

Dates: 2019
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

Series 18: The Davis Center Oral History Project, 2019

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents The focus of this oral history project is, Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, who impacted her neighborhood, the arts, and D.C. positively for over 50 years through her community-focused center, The Davis Center. Since 1969, the Davis Center has provided dance instruction and arts-related education to Washington D.C. residents of all ages and diverse backgrounds. Narrators include Davis Center students, parents, community members and others whose lives have been influenced and enriched by Ms....
Dates: 2019
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

Series 20: Marshall Heights: Civic Mindedness and Engagement Incarnate, pre-DC Home Rule Oral History Interview, 2020

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc020
Scope and Contents This project tells the story of life in Marshall Heights by interviewing member of the neighborhood who shaped the community, as well as reflecting on other neighbors that were active in the development of the neighborhood. The Marshall Heights neighborhood became home to many heroic Black veterans returning from World War II, as well as Black masons and carpenters, who, through their hard work and ingenuity, carved out new paths for economic development for its residents. The Marshall...
Dates: 2020
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection

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