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Invitation flyer to Monthly Banquet of the Institute on Race Relations

Creator:
Institute on Race Relations (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Document (11 x 8 1/2 inches)
Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Documents
Invitations
Fliers (printed matter)
Place:
Washington, D.C. -- history
Date:
February 3
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
The Institute on Race Relations records are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Topic:
Race relations -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Invitations
Fliers (printed matter)
Collection Citation:
Institute on Race Relations records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Henry P. Whitehead.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-077, Item acma-06-077-006
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Institute on Race Relations Records
Institute on Race Relations Records / Series 1: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7eb4e1d68-a026-4520-ad5a-3d32dc5e4678
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Institute on Race Relations Progress Notes & Coming Events

Creator:
Institute on Race Relations (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (11 x 8 1/2 inches)
Container:
Box 1, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Newsletters
Place:
Washington, D.C. -- history
Date:
1944 January
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
The Institute on Race Relations records are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Topic:
Race relations -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Newsletters
Collection Citation:
Institute on Race Relations records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Henry P. Whitehead.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-077, Item acma-06-077-007
See more items in:
Institute on Race Relations Records
Institute on Race Relations Records / Series 2: Publicity / News Clippings and Bulletins
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa714763cfd-a9a1-4737-8b98-66b454d38a0b
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Late News Bulletins

Creator:
Institute on Race Relations (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (11 x 8 1/2 inches)
Container:
Box 1, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Newsletters
Place:
Washington, D.C. -- history
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
The Institute on Race Relations records are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Topic:
Race relations -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Newsletters
Collection Citation:
Institute on Race Relations records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Henry P. Whitehead.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-077, Item acma-06-077-009
See more items in:
Institute on Race Relations Records
Institute on Race Relations Records / Series 2: Publicity / News Clippings and Bulletins
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa77bfab8d3-f382-41ec-bb84-8438b0230b6d
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ead_component:sova-acma-06-077-ref534

Mass Meeting on Segregation Flyer

Creator:
Institute on Race Relations (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (11 x 8 1/2 inches)
Container:
Box 1, Folder 3
Culture:
Segregation  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Fliers (printed matter)
Place:
Washington, D.C. -- history
Date:
1946 December 15
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
The Institute on Race Relations records are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
Topic:
Race relations -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Fliers (printed matter)
Collection Citation:
Institute on Race Relations records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Henry P. Whitehead.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-077, Item acma-06-077-010
See more items in:
Institute on Race Relations Records
Institute on Race Relations Records / Series 2: Publicity / News Clippings and Bulletins
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7727b903b-c7ab-48a5-8ffd-bf8f0c4c4ebd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-077-ref535

Essay, "Washington D.C. Race Relations and Civil Rights 1940s-1960s"

Collection Creator:
Kendall Productions  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 20
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Kendall Productions records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Beverly Lindsey-Johnson.
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Kendall Productions Records
Kendall Productions Records / Series 2: Research Files
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7d56bcb61-7cb3-4ab6-b687-4b9e0a8db4e7
EDAN-URL:
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Rhythm and Blues: Tell It Like It Is

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
The 2011 Rhythm and Blues program was an exploration of the rich historical, cultural, and musical matrix of R&B. Through music and dance performances, workshops, and narrative discussions, the program considered R&B as a collaborative art form shaped by composers, performers, producers, and communities of listeners. Most importantly, it highlighted how music provides a dynamic lens to explore the relationship of African American history and experiences to American popular culture.

The history of R&B and the breadth of what it encompasses - socially, commercially, and artistically - suggests that it is not monolithic. It tells a complex story of many strands and experiences. A distinctly African American music drawing from the deep tributaries of African American expressive culture, it is an amalgam of jump blues, big band swing, gospel, boogie, and blues that was initially developed during a thirty-year period that bridges the era of legally sanctioned racial segregation, international conflicts, and the struggle for civil rights. Its formal qualities, stylistic range, marketing and consumption trends, and worldwide currency thus reflect not only the changing social and political landscapes of American race relations, but also urban life, culture, and popular entertainment in mainstream America.

This music that speaks about a history of marginalization and exclusion also tells a story about resilience and resistance. The 2011 Festival program underlined these latter qualities. It celebrated pioneers and iconoclasts, soloists and studio musicians, and relationships and collaborations through which a younger generation was taking ownership of the music. This was perhaps most dynamically revealed in the participation of the Stax Music Academy, a group of Memphis high school musicians who are learning leadership and teamwork skills through music that (in their own words) "embodies the spirit of harmony, respect and cooperation that defined Memphis' legendary Stax Records." These students not only learn the historic importance of the music, but also experience R&B through collaboration and practice as a living art form - an art form that Festival visitors in Washington could also experience vividly and directly on the National Mall.

Mark Puryear was Curator and Arlene Reiniger was Program Coordinator. Portia Maultsby, Bob Santelli, and Michael White constituted the Curatorial Advisory Committee. For the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Project Staff included: Lonnie G. Bunch, Director; Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Deputy Director; Timothy Anne Burnside, Research Assistant; Dorey Butter, Project Manager; Deirdre Cross, Public Programs Coordinator; Delphia York Duckens, Associate Director for External Affairs; Rex Ellis, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs; Cheryl Johnson, Government Relations Officer; LaFleur Paysour, Media Relations and Public Affairs; Dwandalyn Reece, Curator of Music and Performing Arts; and Kevin Strait, Project Historian.

The program was produced in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Presenters:
Lawrence Bradford, Timothy Anne Burnside, Rex Ellis, Tuliza Fleming, John Franklin, Charles Hughes, Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, Kip Lornell, Barry Lee Pearson, Jeff Place, Dwandalyn Reece, Tulani Salahu-Din, Randy Short, Kevin Strait
Participants:
WILLIAM BELL

William Bell, 1939-, singer, Atlanta, Georgia

Performing with the Stax Music Academy

THE DIXIE CUPS®

Barbara A. Hawkins, 1942-, vocals, Tampa, Florida

Rosa L. Hawkins, 1945-, vocals, Tampa, Florida

Athelgra Neville, 1944-, vocals, New Orleans, Louisiana

Marc Adams, 1952-, keyboards, vocals, New Orleans, Louisiana

Anthony Brown, 1960-, guitar, New Orleans, Louisiana

Gerald French, 1970-, drums, vocals, New Orleans, Louisiana

James Markway, 1952-, bass, Covington, Louisiana

Joseph Saulsbury, 1951-, saxophone, New Orleans, Louisiana

NAT DOVE

Nat Dove, 1939-, keyboards, vocals, Bakersfield, California

David Cole, 1957-, guitar, Berwyn Heights, Maryland

Emory Diggs, 1958-, bass, Oxon Hill, Maryland

DeAndrey Howard, 1954-, drums, Washington, D.C.

THE FUNK BROTHERS

Bob Babbitt, bass, Nashville, Tennessee

Donna Curtin, 1959-, vocals, Detroit, Michigan

Rob Jones, 1952-, keyboards, Detroit, Michigan

Ray Monette, 1946-, guitar, Livonia, Michigan

Delbert Nelson, 1954-, vocals, Farmington, Michigan

Kenneth "Spider Webb" Rice, 1944-, drums, Detroit, Michigan

Eddie Willis, Jr., 1936-, guitar, Gore Springs, Mississippi

Treaty Womack, 1953-, percussion, Detroit, Michigan

George McGregor, 1940-, drums, Detroit, Michigan

Wondel E. Brown, 1950-, trombone, Prince Frederick, Maryland

Clarence Knight, Jr., 1936-, tenor saxophone, Bowie, Maryland

Keith A. Mathis, 1958-, horn section coordinator, trumpet, flugelhorn, Washington, D.C.

GLOBE POSTER PRINTING

Bob Cicero, 1947-, owner, Pasadena, Maryland

THE JEWELS

Sandra Bears, 1943-, vocals, Washington, D.C.

Marjorie Clarke, 1945-, vocals, Washington, D.C.

Grace Ruffin, 1944-, vocals, District Heights, Maryland

Ronald Campbell, 1951-, bass, Washington, D.C.

Ronald Ford, 1951-, drums, Washington, D.C.

Joe Phillips, 1951-, guitar, Suitland, Maryland

Ron Reace, 1956-, keyboards, Hyattsville, Maryland

DR. MABLE JOHN

Mable John, 1930-, musician, Los Angeles California

Performing with the Stax Music Academy Accompanists -- Performing with the Stax Music Academy AccompanistsMildred Spikes, 1942-, vocals, East Orange, New JerseyNorma Jenkins Williams, 1948-, vocals, Gaithersburg, Maryland

FERNANDO JONES

Fernando Jones, 1964-, guitar, Chicago, Illinois

Roy Boyd, 1955-, drums, vocals, Chicago, Illinois

Chip Ratliff, 1965-, bass, vocals, Morton Grove, Illinois

SHIRLEY JONES OF THE JONES GIRLS

Shirley Jones, 1953-, vocals, McDonough, Georgia

Farnetta L. Baker, 1967-, vocals, Bryans Road, Maryland

Anissa Hargrove, 1969-, vocals, Waldorf, Maryland

Lorree K. Slye, 1962-, vocals, Washington, D.C.

Keith D. Busey, 1960-, bass, Silver Spring, Maryland

Charles Jerome Deas, 1964-, percussion, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Jeno Marcus Meyer, 1972-, keyboards, Oxon Hill, Maryland

Derrick Tobias Northan, guitar, Baltimore, Maryland

Arthur Scribner, Jr., 1955-, keyboards, Baltimore, Maryland

Kevin "Bam-Bam" Sykes, 1968-, drums, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Michael "Airplay" Austin, 1958-, manager, Atlanta, Georgia

HAROLD MELVIN'S BLUENOTES

Latrice Barnwell, bass

Anthony Brooks, vocals

Angela Caldwell

John Gillespie, vocals

Calvin Harrisson, guitar

Ovelia Melvin

Trudy Melvin, manager

John Morris, vocals

Harvey Perry, keyboards

George Prettyman, sound technician

John Thompson, drums

Rufus Thorne, Jr., vocals

THE MONITORS

Bill Myers, 1932-, keyboards, Wilson, North Carolina

Willie Dupree, 1950-, saxophone, Wilson, North Carolina

Gerald Hunter, 1945-, guitar, vocals, Wilson, North Carolina

Mollie Hunter, 1958-, vocals, Wilson, North Carolina

Dick Knight, 1943-, trumpet, vocals, Kinston, North Carolina

Sam Lathan, 1929-, drums, vocals, Wilson, North Carolina

Jerome Morgan, 1968-, bass, Wilson, North Carolina

THE NATIONAL HAND DANCE ASSOCIATION

Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, 1953-, president, Fort Washington, Maryland -- Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, 1953-, president, Fort Washington, MarylandLawrence Bradford, Willie-Mae Brown, Levet Brown, Jr., Earl Calloway, Jr., Melvin Copeland, Patricia Duncan-Clark, Kim Frazier, Nathan Giles, Maxine Grant, James Green, Leroy J. Green, Farnese Hicks, Alwanda Higgins, Dominic A. Johnson, Megan Johnson, William Johnson, Nadene Jones, Dyone Mitchell, Patricia Mitchell, Myra Morgan-Martin, Adrienne Poteat, Addie Robinson, Markus Lamont Smith, Greg Steele, Mary Thomas, Ronald Van Doorn, Melvin Walker, Darlene Wallace

SONNY TIL'S ORIOLES

Diz Russell, 1933-, vocals, Capitol Heights, Maryland

Ray Apollo Allen, 1941-, vocals, Fort Washington, Maryland

Clark Walker, 1948-, vocals, guitar, Largo, Maryland

David Warren, 1945-, vocals, Arlington, Virginia

Sam Paladino, 1941-, keyboards, La Plata, Maryland

Gary Smith, bass, Capitol Heights, Maryland

James Thomas, 1943-, drums, Hyattsville, Maryland

Millie Russell, 1938-, manager, Capitol Heights, Maryland

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS, GAMBLE-HUFF MUSIC

Kenneth Gamble, founder

Leon Huff, founder

Charles Gamble

Kenneth Gamble

Grace Warner ("Amazing Grace Little")

RADIO DJs

Robert "Captain Fly" Frye, 1949-, WPFW, Washington, D.C.

Carroll Hynson, 1936-, WHUR, Washington, D.C.

Herb Kent, 1928-, WVAZ, Chicago, Illinois

Bob Porter, 1940-, WBGO, Newark, New Jersey

MISS MARTHA REEVES

Martha Reeves, 1941-, singer, Detroit, Michigan

Christopher Beck, 1982, drums, Jersey City, New Jersey

Isaac Daniel, guitar

Dupor Georges, trombone

Bryan Dundee Holt, 1956-, New York, New York

Richard Kessler, trumpet

Alonzo McKenzie, keyboards, Southfield, Michigan

Darrell Smith, 1962-, bass, Detroit, Michigan

Lorenzo Wheatley, baritone sax

Davey Yarborough, tenor sax

SMOOTH & EZ HAND DANCE INSTITUTE

Lawrence Bradford, 1944-, director, Washington, D.C. -- Lawrence Bradford, 1944-, director, Washington, D.C.William Coleman, Milton English, Francina R. Ferguson, Victor Howard, Lisa Lawson, Gregory Meads, Jonathan V. Newton, Nilajah Nyasuma, Gregory L. Owens, Sr., Betty Parker, Kirby Parker, James Portis, Tia Quander, Renee Reed, Carolyn Rhone, Patricia Russo, Helen Victoria Swann, Angela Tindle, Cynthia Trueheart, Gerald Woodford, Gloria Woodfork, Alexis Wright-Portis

SOUL SURVIVORS

Michael DiMatrinis, 1956-, guitar, vocals, Sicklerville, New Jersey

Charles Ingui, vocals, Ridgely, Maryland

Richard Ingui, 1946-, vocals, Shamong, New Jersey

Kevin Irvine, 1954-, keyboard, vocals, New Hope, Pennsylvania

Jay MacLean, 1956-, drums, Williamstown, New Jersey

Frank Pagliante, 1956-, bass, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey

SOUL TRAIN

Kenard Gibbs, 1964-, CEO, Soul Train Holdings, Chappaqua, New York

Tony Cornelius, President/CEO, Akabueze Productions Inc.

Tyrone Proctor, 1953-, original Soul Train dancer, New York, New York

Nicholas "NickFRESH" Puzo, 1983-, DJ, founder, SoulTrainFans, Orange Park, Florida

Questlove, 1971-, DJ, producer, drummer for the Roots, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Urban Artistry, dancers -- Urban Artistry, dancersTasha Barnes, 1980-, dancer, Arlington, VirginiaJunious "HOUSE" Brickhouse, 1974-, dancer, Bethesda, MarylandRashaad Pearson, 1983-, dancer, Rockville, MarylandToyin Sogunro, 1987-, dancer, New Carrollton, MarylandRyan Webb, 1986-, dancer, Springfield, VirginiaBaronhawk Williams, 1988-, dancer, Beltsville, Maryland

STAX MUSIC ACADEMY

Paul B. McKinney, 1969-, music director, Memphis, Tennessee

Justin Merrick, 1987-, vocal instructor, Memphis, Tennessee

Leona Johnson, 1961-, program assistant, Memphis, Tennessee

Tasmine Ballentine, vocals

Stephanie Brownlee, 1995-, keyboards, Memphis, Tennessee

Brandon Chornes, 1994-, drums, vocals, Memphis, Tennessee

Preston Edward Clark, 1994-, bass, Memphis, Tennessee

Justin Hicks, 1995-, vocals, Cordova, Tennessee

Clifton A. Jackson, 1994-, trombone, Memphis, Tennessee

Tangela Mathis, 1994-, vocals, Memphis, Tennessee

Amber Robinson, 1992-, vocals, Memphis, Tennessee

Andrew Saino, 1993-, electric guitar, Collierville, Tennessee

Baye Slappy, 1993-, vocals, Memphis, Tennessee

Kelvin Walters, 1994-, alto saxophone, Memphis, Tennessee

Deanie Parker, 1945-, former administrator and composer for Stax Records, Memphis, Tennessee

THE SWALLOWS

William "Til" George, 1935-, vocals, Pikesville, Maryland

Leroy Miller, 1946-, vocals, Baltimore, Maryland

Eddie Rich, 1931-, vocals, Baltimore, Maryland

Clarence O. Robinson, 1956-, vocals, Baltimore, Maryland

Johnny Styl, 1952-, vocals, Randallstown, Maryland

Backing Band -- Backing BandJohnnel Gray, 1948-, keyboards, Washington, D.C.Lenny Harris, 1955-, saxophone, White Plains, MarylandEddie Jones, 1953-, band leader, guitar, Washington, D.C.Antonio Robinson, 1961-, drums, Hyattsville, MarylandJerry Wilder, bass

SWAMP DOGG

Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams, 1942-, keyboards, vocals, Canoga Park, California

Billy Haynes, 1949-, bass, vocals, Bakersfield, California

Craig Kimbrough, 1956-, drums, Los Angeles, California

Vera Lee, 1921-, vocals, Las Vegas, Nevada

Lucky Lloyd, 1955-, guitar, Sylmar, California

MoogStar, 1965-, keyboards, Northridge, California

Michael Murphy, 1948-, keyboards, Sherman Oaks, California

Horn Section -- Horn SectionVaughn Ambrose, 1975-, tenor saxophone, Alexandria, VirginiaDoug Gilchrist, 1970-, trombone, Silver Spring, MarylandGilbert E. Pryor, Jr., 1950-, trumpet, flugelhorn, Landover, Maryland

FRED WESLEY AND THE NEW JBs

Fred Wesley, 1943-, trombone, Manning, South Carolina

Bruce Cox, 1959-, drums, Brooklyn, New York

Dwayne Dolphin, 1963-, bass, Sewickley, Pennsylvania

Ernie Fields, Jr., 1934-, saxophone, flute, bagpipes, Los Angeles, California

Freddie Hendrix, 1976-, trumpet, Teaneck, New Jersey

Barney McAll, 1966-, keyboards, Brooklyn, New York

Reggie Ward, 1949-, guitar, Lawrenceville, Georgia

Joya Wesley, 1966-, group manager, Greensboro, North Carolina

KIM WESTON

Kim Weston, 1939-, singer, Detroit, Michigan

Performing with the Funk Brothers
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.2011, Series 4
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5f281a357-4fa3-4c1d-9261-6824615e3eda
EDAN-URL:
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Teenarama: Interview with Peg Desonier

Creator:
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Collection Creator:
Kendall Productions  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1998
Scope and Contents:
Peg Desonier spoke of D.C. hand dancing and the jitterbug, and adopting black style of hand dancing. She talked about growing up in Old Greenbelt, Maryland; her education at Catholic schools and then finally public school; her exposure to early rhythm and blues; how white people's dance style differed from black people's; her school and social life as a result of dancing like black people; and the hatred see observed from her peers. Desonier explained when she was a young girl, the white block boys, who could dance, took her to bars and similar to perform for black men and women. She also talked about her desire and inability to dance on The Buddy Dean Show and Teenarama; and segregation in television programming. The interview was part of the research for the documentary 'Dance Party: The Teenarama Story.'
Interviews. Part of the Teenarama Collection. Dated 19980926.
Biographical / Historical:
The documentary 'Dance Party: The Teenarama Story' examined the popularity of 1950s and 1960s teen dance television shows, including 'The Teenarama Dance Party,' 'American Bandstand,' 'The Buddy Dean Show,' and 'The Milt Grant Show.' 'The Teenarama Dance Party' was an all-black teen dance show produced and broadcasted in Washington, D.C. The show aired from March 7, 1963 to November 20, 1970 on WOOK-TV Channel 14, which was the nation's first Black TV station. The show was produced live six days a week; and hosted first by Bob King and later by a rotation of hosts. In addition to being a dance show, 'The Teenarama Dance Party' was a training ground for teens. Production staff mentored the teenagers in the art of broadcast production. The teens trained as camera operators, floor directors, and technical engineers; and served as production assistants.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Dance  Search this
D.C. hand dance  Search this
Teenagers  Search this
Television programs  Search this
African Americans on television  Search this
Segregation  Search this
Race  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology)  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Citation:
Teenarama: Interview with Peg Desonier, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-055, Item ACMA AV005293
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Kendall Productions Records
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7e1124af6-7058-4e50-a8ff-71a8ce68ea7b
EDAN-URL:
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Writings, Speeches and Projects

Collection Creator:
Starr, Nina Howell, 1903-2000  Search this
Extent:
1.1 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1933-1995
Scope and Contents:
This series includes writings, speeches, and projects. School records consist of college and graduate school notes and notebooks and Starr's thesis, "American Abstract Photography to 1930" (1963). Writings and speech materials are primarily about friend and artist Minnie Evans, and contain drafts of articles, notes, slides for the exhibition Women Photograph Men, held at the International Women's Arts Festival (1976), and scripts. There are also two speeches about race relations and writings and research that developed into publications and speeches, such as "Minnie Evans – Innocent Realist" and "Minnie Evans and Me". Project files document Starr's work on the Florida Public Housing Project and include notes and clippings on civil rights and race relations, and meeting minutes, notes, clippings, photographs, newsletters, and correspondence from the organizations Florida Council on Race Relations, Gainesville Council on Human Relations, League of Women Voters and the Southern Regional Council.
Arrangement:
The series is organized into groupings of writings, lectures and speeches, and projects.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Nina Howell Starr papers, circa 1933-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.starnina, Series 2
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Nina Howell Starr papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a84323c8-bf1f-4dc5-91e3-0e21bab9bfbe
EDAN-URL:
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Civil Rights and Race Relations Notes and Clippings

Collection Creator:
Starr, Nina Howell, 1903-2000  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 45-49
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1945-1960
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Nina Howell Starr papers, circa 1933-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Nina Howell Starr papers
Nina Howell Starr papers / Series 2: Writings, Speeches and Projects / Florida Public Housing Project
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92c66b636-9039-46e2-936d-66c81932e791
EDAN-URL:
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The Dunbar Legacy: Dr. Sterling A. Brown Lecture on Anna J. Cooper

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Fisk University  Search this
Howard University  Search this
M Street High School (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Oberlin College  Search this
Preparatory High School for Colored Youth (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Université de Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne  Search this
Virginia Theological Seminary and College (Lynchburg, Va.)  Search this
Brown, Sterling A., 1901-1989  Search this
Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964  Search this
Egypt, Ophelia Settle  Search this
Martin-Felton, Zora  Search this
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
2 Video recordings (open reel, 1/2 inch)
2 Sound recordings (audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Lectures
Poetry
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
Lynchburg (Va.)
United States
Southern States
Date:
1981
Scope and Contents:
Dr. Sterling A. Brown talks about his experiences and teachers, including Anna J. Cooper, at M Street High School (later known as Dunbar High School); and education and segregation, which was fought by Cooper and Mary Church Terrell. He provides a short history and legacy of Cooper, who he considers a role model; and reads prose by Anna J. Cooper which highlights her educational philosophy and her views regarding education and the roles of teachers. Brown talks about his education and academic career; reminiscences his teaching experiences particularly at Virginia Theological Seminary and College, and living in Lynchburg, Virginia; and reads a few of his own poems, which focus on black life experiences in the Southern United States. Ophelia Settle Egypt, a friend of Sterling Brown, reminiscences about her experiences attending Howard University and adventures with Brown and his wife, Daisy: their resentment of Jim Crow and riding on a segregated bus. Mr. Muhammad reads his poems in tribute of Sterling Brown and "for everyone in the struggle of identifying what is what and who is who and what we need to do about it." Zora Martin-Felton introduces the speakers throughout the lecture series.
Lecture, and poetry and prose reading. AV003057 and AV003051: video. AV001053 and AV001353: audio only. Part of Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records. AV003057, AV003051, and AV001053: undated. AV001353: dated 19810426.
Biographical / Historical:
The collection, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records, contains sound and video recordings of exhibit tours, gallery talks, and lectures associated with an exhibition, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South. The exhibition presented the life and times of Washington, D.C. black educator and author Anna Julia Haywood Cooper through historical documents, photographs, memorabilia, and re-creations of her home and classroom settings. It was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from February 1981 to September 1982; Louise Daniel Hutchinson served as curator. The exhibition was based on an unpublished manuscript by the late Dr. Leona Gable, Smith College; and titled after Cooper's written work, A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South.;Educator, author, and speaker Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1858-1964) was born into slavery and educated at Saint Augustine's Normal School and Collegiate Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina. While teaching at St. Augustine's, she married George A. C. Cooper, who died two years later. After her husband's death, Cooper moved to Washington, D.C., attended Oberlin College, taught at Wilberforce College and M Street High School, and later went on to earn her Ph.D. from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Cooper taught Greek, Latin, geometry, and science; and created a path for African Americans to attend Ivy League schools. Although she taught and served as principal (1902-1906) of the M Street High School (now Dunbar High School) in Washington, D.C., her role and influence extended beyond its boundaries. Cooper was an advocate of human rights who lectured on a broad range of topics that affected blacks and women, including race relations, poverty, and gender inequality; a feminist of her day. She was a contributor to the District of Columbia's Colored Settlement House; served as president of Frelinghuysen University, which offered affordable liberal arts and professional courses for working African Americans; and wrote A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South, the first book-length volume of black feminist analysis in the United States.;Professor, poet, and literary critic Dr. Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989) was born and raised in the Washington, D.C area. He grew up on a farm in Howard County, Maryland; and attended Waterford Oaks Elementary, Dunbar High School, Williams College in Massachusetts, and Harvard University. He married Daisy Turnbull in 1927. Brown taught at Howard University, Fisk University, Vassar College, New York University, Atlanta University, Yale University, and Virginia Theological Seminary and College in Lynchburg, Virginia. His studies and poetry focused on black history and culture of the Southern United States.;Originally named Preparatory High School for Colored Youth and later known as M Street High School, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, located in Washington, D.C., was the first black public high school in the United States. During the first half of the twentieth century, Dunbar was an academically elite public school with many of its teachers holding master and doctorate degrees. By the 1950s, the school was sending 80 percent of its students to college. During the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century, Dunbar struggled to keep its prestigious reputation and high standards. As with many troubled urban public schools, Dunbar standards fell and some students struggle with basic reading and math. The Dunbar Legacy Lecture Series, which was held at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in the early 1980s, consisted of lectures by and about people associated with Dunbar High School.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003051

ACMA AV001053_A

ACMA AV001053_B

ACMA AV001353_A

ACMA AV001353_B
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Genre/Form:
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Citation:
The Dunbar Legacy: Dr. Sterling A. Brown Lecture on Anna J. Cooper, Exhibition Records AV03-029, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-029, Item ACMA AV003057
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa79edeef52-7937-45d7-a672-debe3f035b47
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-029-ref906

The Dunbar Legacy: Dr. Paul Phillips Cooke Lecture

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Frelinghuysen University (Washington, D.C.).  Search this
M Street High School (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Miner Teachers College  Search this
Oberlin College  Search this
Preparatory High School for Colored Youth (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
St. Augustine's Normal School and Collegiate Institute  Search this
Université de Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne  Search this
Wilberforce University  Search this
Cooke, Paul P.  Search this
Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964  Search this
Cooper, George A. C., Reverend  Search this
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963  Search this
Grimké, Francis J. (Francis James), 1850-1937  Search this
Hunt, Ida Gibbs, 1862-1957  Search this
Martin-Felton, Zora  Search this
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954  Search this
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
2 Video recordings (open reel, 1/2 inch)
1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Lectures
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
Raleigh (N.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1981
Scope and Contents:
Dr. Paul Phillips Cooke speaks on the subject of Anna J. Cooper: Teacher and Human Being. He talks about Cooper's life and the time in which she lived; and her human and religious influences. Cooke, who assisted with the Cooper exhibition at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, provides an overview of Cooper's history and addresses questions from the lecture audience. Cooke also provides an overview of the history of educational institutions and schools, and the education system in Washington, D.C. He discusses civil rights, legislation changes in D.C., and how civil rights legislation affected Cooper, W. E. DuBois, and Booker T. Washington. Zora Martin-Felton introduces Cooke providing a short history of his Anacostian roots.
Lecture. AV003264: Part 1. AV003220: Part 2. Part of Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records. AV003264 and AV003220: undated. AV001346: dated 19830925, audio only, contains part of (copy of) AV003220 recording.
Biographical / Historical:
The collection, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records, contains sound and video recordings of exhibit tours, gallery talks, and lectures associated with an exhibition, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South. The exhibition presented the life and times of Washington, D.C. black educator and author Anna Julia Haywood Cooper through historical documents, photographs, memorabilia, and re-creations of her home and classroom settings. It was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from February 1981 to September 1982; Louise Daniel Hutchinson served as curator. The exhibition was based on an unpublished manuscript by the late Dr. Leona Gable, Smith College; and titled after Cooper's written work, A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South.;Educator, author, and speaker Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1858-1964) was born into slavery and educated at Saint Augustine's Normal School and Collegiate Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina. While teaching at St. Augustine's, she married George A. C. Cooper, who died two years later. After her husband's death, Cooper moved to Washington, D.C., attended Oberlin College, taught at Wilberforce College and M Street High School, and later went on to earn her Ph.D. from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Cooper taught Greek, Latin, geometry, and science; and created a path for African Americans to attend Ivy League schools. Although she taught and served as principal (1902-1906) of the M Street High School (now Dunbar High School) in Washington, D.C., her role and influence extended beyond its boundaries. Cooper was an advocate of human rights who lectured on a broad range of topics that affected blacks and women, including race relations, poverty, and gender inequality; a feminist of her day. She was a contributor to the District of Columbia's Colored Settlement House; served as president of Frelinghuysen University, which offered affordable liberal arts and professional courses for working African Americans; and wrote A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South, the first book-length volume of black feminist analysis in the United States.;Educator, author, statesman, and former president of the District of Columbia Teacher's College Dr. Paul Phillips Cooke (1917-2010) was born in New York City and raised in Washington, D.C. He attended Dunbar High School, Miner Teachers College, New York University, Catholic University of America, and Columbia University, where he received his doctorate. Cooke was married to Rose Cooke for 63 years.;Originally named Preparatory High School for Colored Youth and later known as M Street High School, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, located in Washington, D.C., was the first black public high school in the United States. During the first half of the twentieth century, Dunbar was an academically elite public school with many of its teachers holding master and doctorate degrees. By the 1950s, the school was sending 80 percent of its students to college. During the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century, Dunbar struggled to keep its prestigious reputation and high standards. As with many troubled urban public schools, Dunbar standards fell and some students struggle with basic reading and math. The Dunbar Legacy Lecture Series, which was held at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in the early 1980s, consisted of lectures by and about people associated with Dunbar High School.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003220

ACMA AV001346_B
General:
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Series Restrictions:
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Topic:
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Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Lectures
Citation:
The Dunbar Legacy: Dr. Sterling A. Brown Lecture, Exhibition Records AV03-029, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-029, Item ACMA AV003264
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Anna J. Cooper: a voice from the South exhibition records
Anna J. Cooper: a voice from the South exhibition records / Series ACMA AV03-029: Anna J. Cooper: a voice from the South audiovisual records
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7339fd41a-e5ad-4e20-affa-f96e5b2bc664
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-029-ref907

Anna J. Cooper Exhibit: Music, Literary Reading, and Sound Effects

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Music
Sound effects recordings
Literary readings (radio programs)
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1981
Scope and Contents:
Components used for exhibition, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South. Recording of song Moonlight Sonata; literary reading of Send Me No Flowers which has religious influences; and ambient sound of children talking (schoolroom sound effect).
Music, literary reading, and sound effects. Part of Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records. Dated 19810127.
Biographical / Historical:
The collection, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records, contains sound and video recordings of exhibit tours, gallery talks, and lectures associated with an exhibition, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South. The exhibition presented the life and times of Washington, D.C. black educator and author Anna Julia Haywood Cooper through historical documents, photographs, memorabilia, and re-creations of her home and classroom settings. It was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from February 1981 to September 1982; Louise Daniel Hutchinson served as curator. The exhibition was based on an unpublished manuscript by the late Dr. Leona Gable, Smith College; and titled after Cooper's written work, A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South.;Educator, author, and speaker Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1858-1964) was born into slavery and educated at Saint Augustine's Normal School and Collegiate Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina. While teaching at St. Augustine's, she married George A. C. Cooper, who died two years later. After her husband's death, Cooper moved to Washington, D.C., attended Oberlin College, taught at Wilberforce College and M Street High School, and later went on to earn her Ph.D. from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Cooper taught Greek, Latin, geometry, and science; and created a path for African Americans to attend Ivy League schools. Although she taught and served as principal (1902-1906) of the M Street High School (now Dunbar High School) in Washington, D.C., her role and influence extended beyond its boundaries. Cooper was an advocate of human rights who lectured on a broad range of topics that affected blacks and women, including race relations, poverty, and gender inequality; a feminist of her day. She was a contributor to the District of Columbia's Colored Settlement House; served as president of Frelinghuysen University, which offered affordable liberal arts and professional courses for working African Americans; and wrote A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South, the first book-length volume of black feminist analysis in the United States.
Series Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
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Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Music
Sound effects recordings
Literary readings (Radio programs)
Citation:
Anna J. Cooper Exhibit: Music, Literary Reading, and Sound Effects, Exhibition Records AV03-029, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-029, Item ACMA AV003514
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Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7dfe6758f-fd50-42c5-875f-5ef616dcd4af
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-029-ref908

Anna J. Cooper Exhibit: Puppet Show

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum Black Heritage Puppet Theatre  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Frelinghuysen University (Washington, D.C.).  Search this
M Street High School (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Oberlin College  Search this
Preparatory High School for Colored Youth (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Université de Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne  Search this
Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Music
Puppet plays
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1981
Scope and Contents:
A puppet show, organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum Black Heritage Puppet Theatre, provides school children with an introduction to the exhibition, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South. The main character in the puppet show is a student who needs to present a report on a black woman who lived in Washington, D.C. and who made an outstanding contribution to the lives of black people. The puppet show highlights Cooper's teaching career; her advocacy for education, black students, and civil rights; and the period of time in which she lived. Music played prior to puppet show, and children in the audience sing a rhyme about Cooper's live after puppet show.
Puppet show. Part of Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records. Dated 19810415.
Biographical / Historical:
The collection, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South Audiovisual Records, contains sound and video recordings of exhibit tours, gallery talks, and lectures associated with an exhibition, Anna J. Cooper: A Voice from the South. The exhibition presented the life and times of Washington, D.C. black educator and author Anna Julia Haywood Cooper through historical documents, photographs, memorabilia, and re-creations of her home and classroom settings. It was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from February 1981 to September 1982; Louise Daniel Hutchinson served as curator. The exhibition was based on an unpublished manuscript by the late Dr. Leona Gable, Smith College; and titled after Cooper's written work, A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South.;Educator, author, and speaker Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1858-1964) was born into slavery and educated at Saint Augustine's Normal School and Collegiate Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina. While teaching at St. Augustine's, she married George A. C. Cooper, who died two years later. After her husband's death, Cooper moved to Washington, D.C., attended Oberlin College, taught at Wilberforce College and M Street High School, and later went on to earn her Ph.D. from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Cooper taught Greek, Latin, geometry, and science; and created a path for African Americans to attend Ivy League schools. Although she taught and served as principal (1902-1906) of the M Street High School (now Dunbar High School) in Washington, D.C., her role and influence extended beyond its boundaries. Cooper was an advocate of human rights who lectured on a broad range of topics that affected blacks and women, including race relations, poverty, and gender inequality; a feminist of her day. She was a contributor to the District of Columbia's Colored Settlement House; served as president of Frelinghuysen University, which offered affordable liberal arts and professional courses for working African Americans; and wrote A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South, the first book-length volume of black feminist analysis in the United States.
Series Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
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Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Music
Puppet plays
Citation:
Anna J. Cooper Exhibit: Puppet Show, Exhibition Records AV03-029, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-029, Item ACMA AV003070
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Anna J. Cooper: a voice from the South exhibition records
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Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa737cdb9d1-f2cb-4763-815a-62b0c110bd10
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-029-ref909

Pinpoint Production: Anna Julia Cooper

Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia), 1858-1964  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Drama
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1970s
Scope and Contents:
Pinpoint, an educational theater group, presents a dramatic program about Anna Julia Cooper.
Dramatic performance. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Poor audio. Undated.
Biographical / Historical:
Educator, author, and speaker Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1858-1964) was born into slavery and educated at Saint Augustine's Normal School and Collegiate Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina. While teaching at St. Augustine's, she married George A. C. Cooper, who died two years later. After her husband's death, Cooper moved to Washington, D.C., attended Oberlin College, taught at Wilberforce College and M Street High School, and later went on to earn her Ph.D. from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Cooper taught Greek, Latin, geometry, and science; and created a path for African Americans to attend Ivy League schools. Although she taught and served as principal (1902-1906) of the M Street High School (now Dunbar High School) in Washington, D.C., her role and influence extended beyond its boundaries. Cooper was an advocate of human rights who lectured on a broad range of topics that affected blacks and women, including race relations, poverty, and gender inequality; a feminist of her day. She was a contributor to the District of Columbia's Colored Settlement House; served as president of Frelinghuysen University, which offered affordable liberal arts and professional courses for working African Americans; and wrote A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South, the first book-length volume of black feminist analysis in the United States.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
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Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Drama
Citation:
Pinpoint Production: Anna Julia Cooper, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-029, Item ACMA AV000814
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Anna J. Cooper: a voice from the South exhibition records
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa755bc7d38-4a27-4dc3-b5b3-cc2ddc6166a3
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ead_component:sova-acma-03-029-ref913

Barry Farm-Hillsdale in Anacostia a historic African American community Alcione M. Amos

Author:
Amos, Alcione M  Search this
Physical description:
222 pages illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Anacostia
Date:
2021
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
African Americans--Social life and customs--History  Search this
African Americans--Politics and government--History  Search this
Noirs américains--Histoire  Search this
Noirs américains--Mœurs et coutumes--Histoire  Search this
Noirs américains--Politique et gouvernement  Search this
African Americans  Search this
History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147278

Black Leaders '73

Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Collection Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Extent:
1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Video recordings
Television programs
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Date:
1973
Scope and Contents:
Black Leaders of 1973 participate in discussion on television program. Topics of the panel discussion include cooperation in the black community, race relations, capitalism and ownership of business, the Vietnam War, post-Vietnam War conditions for veterans and U.S. citizens, nationalism, and the political prisoner movement. Panelists include: James D. Williams, the Director of Communications of the National Urban League; Judge William Booth, President of AM. COMM. on Africa; Berkeley Burrell, President of the National Business League; Percy Sutton, President of the Borough of Manhattan; Nelson Johnson, Chairman of Y.O.B.U.; Fannie Lou Hamer, Director of Miss. Freedom Farm Coop.; Haywood Burns, Director of the Conference of Black Lawyers; Stokely Carmichael of the All African People's Revolutionary Party; and Angela Davis of the Comm. to Free Political Prisoners.
Television program. Part of Broadcast Programs. AV000805: television program from 001143 - 002511 [also on recording: Good Health Comes to Those Who Fight for It]. Undated.
General:
Title transcribed from contents of recording.
Collection Restrictions:
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Topic:
African Americans  Search this
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Race relations  Search this
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Veterans  Search this
Nationalism  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975  Search this
Political prisoners  Search this
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Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Television programs
Citation:
Black Leaders '73, Record Group 09-037, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.09-037, Item ACMA AV000805
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Broadcast Programs
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa74ebeba07-0cc2-4796-b932-85a9ae60100d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-09-037-ref16

Mrs. Oscar [Jessie Williams] De Priest [paper photoprint]

Photographer:
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this
Names:
Chicago Defender (newspaper)  Search this
De Priest, Jessie Williams (Mrs. Oscar De Priest)  Search this
De Priest, Oscar, 1871-1951  Search this
Series Creator:
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this
Custom Craft  Search this
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this
Extent:
1 Item
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
[June 19?] 1929
Scope and Contents:
Studio shot, full-figure. Subject wears hat and light-colored dress with pleated skirt, holds small handbag, while standing beside a studio bench. Ink on verso: "A 180 / Mrs. Oscar De Priest."
Arrangement:
Series 1, Box 1.1.A3.
Biographical / Historical:
Jessie De Priest was the wife of Chicago Congressman Oscar De Priest. This standing view was published in the Chicago Daily Defender, Saturday, June 22, 1929 with a caption, and depicts her wearing the costume she wore to a White House tea for Congressional wives at the invitation of Mrs. Herbert Hoover. As Jessie Williams De Priest was one of the first African American women to be entertained by a first lady, the event created a stir, especially among Southerners, the caption for this picture notes. The Daily Defender article, "Interesting News of the Week in Pictures," states that the reception occurred on Wednesday of that week, which would have been June 19, presumably the same date as the photograph. The Scurlock credit line is included in the caption. (Information provided by Ms. Shelley Stokes-Hammond, June 6, 2003.)
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Series Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Race relations -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
African American women  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 19th-20th century -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Series Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
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Scurlock Studio Records, Series 1: Black and White Photographs
Scurlock Studio Records, Series 1: Black and White Photographs / 1.1: Clients Black and White Photographs / De Priest, Oscar (Mrs.)
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8708838c7-0028-4eb6-bece-293c403c2fdd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s01-ref7913

Republican Notification Committee, Washington, D.C., Monday, June 20th, 1892

Photograph by:
Fotografer Prince, American, 1847 - 1929  Search this
Subject of:
President William McKinley, American, 1843 - 1901  Search this
President Benjamin Harrison, American, 1833 - 1901  Search this
Charles Oscar Harris, American, 1852 - 1913  Search this
Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895  Search this
Unidentified Man or Men  Search this
Medium:
silver and albumen on photographic paper and cardboard
Dimensions:
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
H x W: 15 x 21 1/2 in. (38.1 x 54.6 cm)
Type:
albumen prints
portraits
Place captured:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1892
Topic:
African American  Search this
Local and regional  Search this
Photography  Search this
Politics  Search this
Race relations  Search this
U.S. History, 1865-1921  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Charles Oscar Harris
Object number:
2010.56
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56e4d52c0-43c3-4e1d-9621-12d8439dc859
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.56

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Oral History Interview

Created by:
Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009  Search this
Interview of:
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American, born 1941  Search this
Interviewed by:
John Dittmer Ph. D., American, born 1939  Search this
Subject of:
Duke University, American, founded 1838  Search this
Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s  Search this
Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901  Search this
Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration: 2 hr., 6 min., 4 sec.
Total: 213.55 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Arlington, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Date:
March 17, 2013
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
American South  Search this
Associations and institutions  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this
Prisons  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Resistance  Search this
Social reform  Search this
U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Object number:
2011.174.79.1a-h
Restrictions & Rights:
© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Civil Rights History Project
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Movement:
Civil Rights Movement
Freedom Riders
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd599175bd9-b989-4b68-9847-568359b6cc13
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.174.79.1a-h

Plywood panel mural from Resurrection City

Created by:
Unidentified  Search this
Subject of:
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957  Search this
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this
Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006  Search this
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990  Search this
Che Guevara, Argentine, 1928 - 1967  Search this
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican, 1879 - 1919  Search this
Pancho Villa, Mexican, 1878 - 1923  Search this
Joaquin Murrieta, Mexican, c. 1829 - c. 1853  Search this
National Liberation Front, active 1954 - 1976  Search this
Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese, 1893 - 1976  Search this
President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963  Search this
Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968  Search this
Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965  Search this
Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968  Search this
Medium:
oil paint and ink on plywood
Dimensions:
H x W x D (overall): 123 × 384 × 1/2 in. (312.4 × 975.4 × 1.3 cm)
Type:
mural paintings
Place used:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1968
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
Art  Search this
Black power  Search this
Freedom  Search this
Justice  Search this
Local and regional  Search this
Men  Search this
Poverty  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Resistance  Search this
U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vincent DeForest
Object number:
2012.110
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Visual Arts
Movement:
Civil Rights Movement
African American - Latinx Solidarity
Poor People's Campaign
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58de91c0c-87e3-4a48-9e24-56c8c94d2fb6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.110
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