Latino/Latina/Latinx
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Scope Note: The LC authorized form conflates Hispanic with Latino/a; these have distinct meanings. For more information, see https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Rogelio Maxwell interview, 2017-10-28
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc004
Scope and Contents
Rogelio Maxwell was born in Panama City, Panama. When he turned nine his mother brought him to Brooklyn, NY, where he was raised, went to school, and eventually attended the college at the School of Visual Arts (SVA). Convinced that he needed to experience life in order to be an artist, he dropped out of art school and made his way to Washington, DC where he would eventually set up a studio. With a background in both visual arts and music, he would eventually combine the two to become a...
Dates:
2017-10-28
Series 27: History of the First Latin American Festival on the Mall: 1989-1990, 2020
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc027
Abstract
This project interviewed a group of people who were present during the 1989-1990 annual D.C. Latino Festival. It documents the first time the DC Latino immigrant community was given a permit to occupy a public space so sacred to national history- the national Mall and the Monument grounds. The project asked important research questions such as: 'why did the D.C. Latino community decide to move the parade to Constitution Avenue NW and the festival to the National Mall and what impact did that...
Dates:
2020
Series 30: Transgender Histories of D.C., 2021
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc030
Abstract
This project seeks to answer the question: how have the changes in D.C. over the past several decades been experienced and influenced by transgender individuals and communities? Individuals who are transgender, marginalized by society at large, have a unique perspective on history, at the same time as they are left out of mainstream accounts of events. This project documents the events of the final decades of the 20th century and first few of the 21st through the eyes of transgender elders,...
Dates:
2021
Series 36: History of the First Latin American Festival on the Mall: 1989-1990, 2021 - 2022
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc036
Abstract
This project interviewed a group of people who were present during the 1989-1990 annual D.C. Latino Festival. It documents the first time the DC Latino immigrant community was given a permit to occupy a public space so sacred to national history- the national Mall and the Monument grounds. The project asked important research questions such as: 'why did the D.C. Latino community decide to move the parade to Constitution Avenue NW and the festival to the National Mall and what impact did that...
Dates:
2021 - 2022
Vilma Williams interview, 2021-10-30
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc036_05.wav
Abstract
Audio interview of Vilma Williams. Williams describes her life in Adams Morgan and Mt. Pleasant when it was the heart of the DC Latino community. She met other Latinos and eventually volunteered to work on Festival Committees in 1988-1990. She describes how she managed to organize the 1988 Reinado (Beauty Pageant) with no money and donations from local Latino businesses. She explains that the goal of the Festival was to expose Latinos, as well as others, to Latino culture, music, and dances....
Dates:
2021-10-30
Walter Burrell interview, 2021-08-29
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc036_06.wav
Abstract
Audio of interview with Walter Burrell. In 1988-1989 a friend suggested Mr. Burrell work as a volunteer for the Festival, and he joined as a Vice-President for the team that won elections in 1988. He helped organize the Parade, helped with marketing, and planned logistics and visual aspects of the Parade. As part of the Organizing Committee, he attended many events hosted by the various national groups who spent the entire year fundraising to secure funds to pay for the floats and dance...
Dates:
2021-08-29
Will Alvarez interview, 2020-12-17
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc026_07.wav
Abstract
This is an individual interview of Will Alvarez in which he discusses his Salvadoran upbringing in the DMV, his experiences in the bartending industry as a Latino and U.S. Army Veteran, and the impact of COVID-19 on residents and service professionals in the D.C. bartending community.
Dates:
2020-12-17
Willians Silva interview, 2020-08-13
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc027_05.wav
Abstract
The interview is in Spanish. Willians Silva talks about his early years in Peru before he immigrated to the Washington metro area. He talks about his first job in housekeeping at the Grand Hotel in Washington D.C.. He talks about being fired for trying to organize a union at that hotel. He talks about the difficulties of union organizing. But despite his despair at being fired, Silva met Arturo Griffiths who was an Organizer with Local 25. That friendship led to Silva's participation in the...
Dates:
2020-08-13