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Title: AC Interview, March 21, 2016
Date: March 21, 2016
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Description SUMMARY OF INTERVIEW: AC moved to the United States in 1990 to find work in Connecticut then Massachusetts then DC. He worked as a taxi driver for a couple years before finding a permanent position as a security guard for commercial buildings within DC. As soon as he moved to the United States he began English classes and now takes computer classes to increase his skills. He retired in 2015 and began receiving Social Security and also withdrew his 401k. He is currently unemployed and focusing on his health because he was unable to do so when he was working. He has plans to learn Microsoft PowerPoint take his skills back to his homeland to teach children the application as well as English. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Thrive DC: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homeles
Country: United States
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1515
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Adam Canaday Interview, October 30, 2020
Date: October 30, 2020
Creator: Adam Canaday; HopeLily Van Duyne; Person responsible unknown
Description: Adam Canaday is a Journeyman Coachman with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation that runs the museums and historic houses and sites in Williamsburg, Virginia. Adam talks about his experiences working at Colonial Williamsburg since he was a small child. He addresses some of the issues that people of color face working at Colonial Williamsburg, especially when working as historical interpreters. This interview was conducted as part of class requirements for HIST:667 Oral History with Dr. Anna Kaplan in fall 2020.
Subject: Colonial Williamsburg; Native Americans; Chickahominy; enslaved people; African Americans; costumed interpreters
Country: United States
Collection: African American Historical Interpreters: The Experience of Working in the Past
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2577
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Akuba Dharamah Interview, March 21, 2016
Date: March 21, 2016
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Thrive DC: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: Akuba Daramah_March 21_2016_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1429
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Alonzo Johnson Interview, April 12, 2015
Date: April 12, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: Alonzo Johnson_April 12_2015_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1440
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: American University student response to Kent State shootings - Outs, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film features images of students and traffic around American University’s campus including the MPD presence around Ward Circle. One student is shown in handcuffs while others are shown giving the peace sign in front of a bus. This footage was not selected for the final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Strike _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25218
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part one), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with scenes of students protesting on American University’s campus and vicinity. Students are shown washing car windows around Ward Circle, approaching vehicles and giving drivers flyers. The Artemas Ward statue is shown covered in a sheet that reads "How Many More?" There is extensive footage of the interaction between the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and students including one arrest. The film follows the students as they head downtown including scenes outside Peace Corps office on Pennsylvania Ave. The students end up on the National Mall for a large rally and concert.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_1
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55829
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part two), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance by the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Rescue Squad and Red Cross workers. The bulk of the film consists of scenes of students congregating on and around American University’s campus including signs for a variety of activities such as a memorial service and smoke-in and images of the MPD response including tear gas canisters spewing gas and students washing out each others eyes. Also featured is footage of a formal gathering in the amphitheater with AU President George Williams, various campus administrators, and Professor Adbul Said. Though the film includes interviews with students, the soundtrack is missing so the interviews cannot be heard.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_2
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55828
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University students and guests in campus student center during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows the interior of Mary Graydon Center on American University’s Campus during the Kent State protests. Some students are seen hanging out in the lounge and on the stairs while others are sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. This footage was not selected for use in final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: MGC_Sleeping_and_Waiting _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55097
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Andrew Hesbacher and Arvella Farmer Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Person responsible unknown; Andrew Hesbacher; Person responsible unknown; Arvella Farmer; Person responsible unknown
Description: Longtime Petworth resident, Arvella Farmer recalls growing up in Petworth and still living in the same home she was raised in. She remembers how members in the community looked out for one another, opportunities to sing at the Catholic Church, and how music was a uniting thread between herself, her brother, and the broader community. She met Andrew Hesbacher, who lived in Petworth for a brief period in 2018, when she heard him practicing his trumpet on his front porch and walked over to introduce herself. When asked what makes Petworth unique, Farmer answers: “The people who live in it…and love each other.”
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Musicians in neighborhood; Catholic Church, community involvement
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2001
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Ben Smith Interview, November 19, 2020
Date: November 19, 2020
Creator: Mia Owens; Person responsible unknown
Description: Ben Smith speaks about his experiences growing up in New York City as a Chinese adoptee. He talks about growing up with two dads and the impact that living in a diverse community has had on his life. Ben also discusses his interests in community building, his YouTube channel Becoming Ben Smith, and his perceptions of his identity as a Chinese adoptee.
Subject: adoption; adoptee; community; parents; China; Chinese culture; Asian; American
Country: United States
Collection: Chinese Adoption Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2526
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Concert held at American University during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows a concert held in the Woods-Brown Amphitheater at American University during the Kent State protests.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Rally_and_Concert
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25217
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Cowanda Gresham Interview, April 12, 2015
Date: April 12, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: Cowanda Gresham_April 12_2015_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1448
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: David Chisolm Interview, April 12, 2015
Date: April 12, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: David Chisolm_April 12_2015_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1447
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: David Sembly Interview, April 12, 2015
Date: April 12, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: David_Sembly_April 12_2015_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1454
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Debra Smith Interview, April 12, 2015
Date: April 12, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: Debra Smith_April 12_2015_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1456
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Gary Gee Interview, November 17, 2020
Date: Novemeber 17, 2020
Creator: Gary Gee; Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
Description: This interview is part of a documentation of the experience of the artists who contributed to the Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Gary Gee, one of the eighteen artists, is a full-time professional artist. In this interview, Gary discusses his long path to becoming a professional artist, his painting of the letter “I” in “Lives”, and the history of racism in the Indianapolis community.
Subject: Black Lives Matter; art; Indianapolis, Indiana; racism; community; activism
Country: United States
Collection: "The Eighteen": Black Lives Matter Activists in Indianapolis, Indiana
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2566
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: George Olivar Interview, April 12, 2015
Date: April 12, 2015
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
Subject: Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
Country: United States
Local Identifier: George Olivar_April 12_2015_Sound
Collection: Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1427
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Historic Footage
Date: 1941
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Footage of American University campus ca. 1941. Footage includes buildings on campus, students arriving on campus for orientation, a Varsity Football game, an Alumni Varsity Basketball game, students skiing in winter, May Day celebration, Choral club spring concert, a Varsity Tennis match, a performance of Play Much Ado About Nothing, Alumni Day, and Graduation. Also featured are campus administrators including Dean of Women Mary Louise Brown and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts George B. Woods.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Students
Local Identifier: Historic Footage
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85704
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Interview with Donald Hughes, October 9th, 2021
Date: October 9th, 2021
Creator: Morgan B CARROLL; Person responsible unknown
Description: An interview with Donald Hughes conducted by Kai Walther that explores the history of cruising in DC.
Country: United States
Collection: Cruising DC Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:4400
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Interview with Jeremy Brecher, January 30, 2016
Date: January 30, 2016
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Disclaimer: To provide and enhance access to this file, the transcription and index have been produced by an automated system. The transcript and index may include significant errors and should be checked against the original audio file. Most files also include a more accurate, word document version of the transcription that is attached for use at your convenience.
Country: United States
Collection: Jeremy Brecher Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3721
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

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