Black persons
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Found in 159 Collections and/or Records:
Bobby Hill interview, 2021-06-05
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_01.wav
Abstract
Bobby Hill talks about being born in Washington, D.C. when the city was predominantly Black. He went to school in Powell Elementary and was interested in basketball and athletics at large. While in St. Mary’s College studying business, he starts to DJ for the student station. After graduating college, Bobby returns to D.C. and starts to go to many jazz events at DC Space, Bohemian Caverns, and other D.C. venues. He soon lands a gig helping at the famous WPFW Jazz and Justice station and this...
Dates:
2021-06-05
Bobby Jean 'BJ' Wills interview, 2019-07-12
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc019
Scope and Contents
Bobby Jean 'BJ' Wills describes her early life, schooling, education, career, family and her experience as a resident of the Barry Farm Housing project Bobbie Jean 'BJ' Wills is a D.C. native, she is a mother and grandmother, now retired BJ's faith and family keep her going, she continues to reside in southeast D.C. after being displaced from Barry Farm.
Dates:
2019-07-12
Brigadier General Audrey Drake interview, 2018-06-16
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc_008_03
Scope and Contents
Brigadier General Audrey Drake describes her experiences at Asbury United Methodist Church how the church fits into Washington, D.C. history, her work as the deputy chief nursing officer in the Office of Nursing Services of the Department of Veterans Affairs in DC, and her role in the D.C. Army National Guard.
Dates:
2018-06-16
Cardell Richardson, Sr. interview part 1, 2018-07-07
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc_008_04
Scope and Contents
In this interview, Cardell K. Richardson, Sr. discusses his focused and intentional path in search of respect and success while "putting God first". This is a path that took him to McKinley Technical High School in D.C. after discovering an affinity and aptitude for mechanical drawing, to Howard University's School of Architecture, to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, from which he retired in 2003 after 26 years of service. His post-military career took a different turn than...
Dates:
Other: 2018-07-07
Cardell Richardson, Sr. interview part 2, 2018-07-07
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc_008_04
Scope and Contents
In this interview, Cardell K. Richardson, Sr. discusses his focused and intentional path in search of respect and success while "putting God first". This is a path that took him to McKinley Technical High School in D.C. after discovering an affinity and aptitude for mechanical drawing, to Howard University's School of Architecture, to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, from which he retired in 2003 after 26 years of service. His post-military career took a different turn than...
Dates:
Other: 2018-07-07
Cardell Richardson, Sr. interview part 3, 2018-07-07
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc_008_04
Scope and Contents
In this interview, Cardell K. Richardson, Sr. discusses his focused and intentional path in search of respect and success while "putting God first". This is a path that took him to McKinley Technical High School in D.C. after discovering an affinity and aptitude for mechanical drawing, to Howard University's School of Architecture, to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, from which he retired in 2003 after 26 years of service. His post-military career took a different turn than...
Dates:
Other: 2018-07-07
Carol Thompson Cole interview, 2019-06-03
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc015
Scope and Contents
This is an oral history interview of Carol Thompson Cole. She discusses what her membership in the Asbury United Methodist Church means for her. With the encouragement of her parents, she decides to attend Smith College. She reflects on what it was like to be a young African American woman of faith at Smith in the 1960s. Thompson Cole trailblazer new places for African American women in D.C. government, shortly after the city was granted home rule. Thompson Cole would serve 12 years for...
Dates:
2019-06-03
Carol Travis interview, 2019-07-27
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc015
Scope and Contents
In this oral history Carol Travis reflects of her life as a lifelong Washingtonian. She was christened at Asbury United Methodist Church. Carl discusses her impressions of Washington, D.C., as it has changed over the decades starting in the 1940s. Topics that she discusses that are related to the city's transformations include gentrification, the 1968 riots, and how increased congestions keeps potential parishioners away. Throughout the interview she often returns to the value of education,...
Dates:
2019-07-27
Carolivia Herron interview, 2017-08-11
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
Scope and Contents
In Part 1 of this interview, Carolivia Herron discusses growing up in Northeast Washington, D.C. in a segregated neighborhood, on Douglass Street NE in Kenilworth, and visiting her grandmother's house in Capitol Heights. Herron recounts her childhood, her family's role in blockbusting their Takoma neighborhood, and the work of Neighbors, Incorporated.
Carolivia Herron was born in 1941 at the Freedmen's Hospital of Howard University in Washington, D.C. She grew up in the Mayfair Mansions...
Dates:
2017-08-11
Charlene Howard interview, 2017-10-31
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc002_03.wav
Scope and Contents
Charlene Howard discusses her childhood in Adams Morgan, the political activism of Mount Pleasant residents in the 1970s, drug use in Washington DC, police-community language barriers, her memories of the Mount Pleasant riot, and gentrification of the neighborhood.
Dates:
2017-10-31