Black persons
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 237 Collections and/or Records:
Irene Pierce interview, 2021-07-15
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc034_04.wav
Abstract
A career federal employee who answered the call to ministry in the United Methodist Church later in life, Rev. Irene C. Pierce reflects on her 95 years. This includes her early childhood and a later visit to Pickens, South Carolina; her church life, extending beyond Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., to the general church and then pastoring a small Black church in a mostly white town; dealing with racism while trying to climb the ladder at the Treasury and Commerce...
Dates:
2021-07-15
Ivy City Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: OHP027
Scope and Contents
From 2005 and 2007, Ingrid Drake coordinated the Ivy City Oral History Project, in collaboration with the youth of Ivy City Achievers. She interviewed and supervised interviews with residents of the Ivy City neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The project was part of a larger initiative of Empower D.C., a grassroots nonprofit in D.C., called the Ivy City Neighborhood and Oral History Project, which began in 2004. The larger initiative arose from a plan to preserve Alexander Crummell School in...
Dates:
2005-2007
Jane Souder interview, 2019-07-08
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc019
Scope and Contents
Jane Souder describes her early life, schooling, education, career, family and her experience as a resident of the Barry Farm Housing project.
Dates:
2019-07-08
Charlene Drew Jarvis Papers
Collection
Identifier: 131
Scope and Contents
The Charlene Drew Jarvis Papers document Drew-Jarvis’s campaign for Washington, D.C.’s City Council, her time as national co-chair for the Clinton/Gore presidential campaign, and her work on the National Institute of Health Mental Health Advisory Council. Documents include biographical information, brochures, campaign materials, correspondence, contact lists, council files, Board of Elections and Ethics files, mailings, programs, photographs, publications, speeches, and audiovisual...
Dates:
1978-2014
Jasmine Fletcher interview part 1, 2019-08-03
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents
Jasmine Fletcher discusses her life growing up in Silver Spring, MD, being bullied in school, her college life at Howard University, and being a single parent. Fletcher also talks about her introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, being a student at The Davis Center, and the magnitude of servicing a community for 50 years for any business.
Dates:
2019-08-03
Jasmine Fletcher interview part 2, 2019-08-03
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
Scope and Contents
Jasmine Fletcher discusses her life growing up in Silver Spring, MD, being bullied in school, her college life at Howard University, and being a single parent. Fletcher also talks about her introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, being a student at The Davis Center, and the magnitude of servicing a community for 50 years for any business.
Dates:
2019-08-03
Jettie Brown interview, 2017-12-24
File
Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2017_004.wav
Scope and Contents
In this oral history interview, Jettie Brown discusses her life and experiences moving from Blair, Virginia, to Chester, Pennsylvania, to Long Island, New York, and ultimately to Washington, D.C. Mrs. Brown talks about her upbringing and family life on the farm in Blair, segregation and race relations in Blair, and her family's migration to Chester, Pennsylvania, when she was twenty years old. Mrs. Brown also discusses moving to Long Island with her husband and their move to the Washington,...
Dates:
2017-12-24
Jewel Simms interview, 2019-07-02
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc019
Scope and Contents
Jewell Simms describes her early life, schooling, education, career, family and her experience as a resident of the Barry Farm Housing project
Dates:
2019-07-02
Joe Hairston interview part 1, 2016-11-15
Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_004_01.mp3
Abstract
In this interview, Hairston discusses his role in integrating the 1300 block of Kennedy Street NW in the mid-1950s and his move to D.C.’s Shepherd Park neighborhood in 1963, where he joined the efforts of Neighbors, Inc. to oppose blockbusting, racial steering, and other forms of racial discrimination in housing. He also discusses his daughters’ experiences in D.C.’s newly- integrated schools and later work by Neighbors, Inc. to stop the construction of freeways through D.C., promote traffic...
Dates:
Other: 2016-11-15
Joe Hairston interview part 2, 2016-11-15
Item
Identifier: dcpl_220_004_02.mp3
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: 2016-11-15