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Title: Angelyn Whitehurst Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Angelyn Whitehurst
Description: Angelyn “Angie” Whitehurst grew up in Petworth from the age of eleven and recalls the tight-knit community that existed between area schools, small, black-owned businesses, and the library. She discusses the long history of the neighborhood, originating before the Civil War as a plantation and the regentrification that she has seen occur in recent years, bringing a diversity of people and businesses. She wants to see the neighborhood be “happy, balanced, [and] incorporating of others” in future years.
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Gentrification; Racial segregation; Affordable housing
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2003
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Antonio Hernandez Interview, November 9, 2019
Date: November 9, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Antonio Hernandez
Description: Antonio Hernandez, born and raised in Petworth, discusses his experiences living in the neighborhood. He reflects on the walkability and sense of community in the neighborhood, and reflects on his experiences going to the local elementary schools. He talks about how the neighborhood has changed and why his family decided to move to Prince George's County for better schooling. Antonio discusses the complex nature of gentrification and wishes he could go back to the Petworth of his childhood with the perspective he has now.
Subject: It's a Small World After All: Art Wraps on Historic Georgia Avenue event (2019); Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Park View (Washington, D.C.); New Hampshire Avenue (Washington, D.C.); Georgia Avenue (Washington, D.C.); Affordable housing; Gentrification; Education in Washington, D.C.; English as a Second Language (ESL); Afrocentric curriculum; Black history; Public transportation
Country: United States
Collection: Petworth Library 2019 - "It’s a Small World After All"
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1978
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Buddy Moore Interview, November 9, 2019
Date: November 9, 2019
Creator: Carmen Bolt; Buddy Moore
Description: Buddy Moore, former Park View resident, talks about his time living in the neighborhood. Born and raised in the Cardozo area, Buddy moved to Park View to raise his family. He reflects on the drug epidemic that hit in the neighborhood in the 1980s, and discusses forming an Orange Hat group to educate those in the neighborhood doing "negative things." He feels that this group made a difference in cutting down the violence in the neighborhood. Buddy talks about the "great positive" changes he's seen in Petworth/Park View regarding new businesses, redevelopment, and gentrification. To long time residents, he encourages them to "hang on" as the city government works on housing.
Subject: It's a Small World After All: Art Wraps on Historic Georgia Avenue event (2019); Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Park View (Washington, D.C.); Georgia Avenue (Washington, D.C.); Affordable housing; Gentrification; Orange Hats (Citizens patrol group); Community crime prevention programs; Citizen patrol groups; Urban decay; Illegal drug activity
Country: United States
Collection: Petworth Library 2019 - "It’s a Small World After All"
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1976
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Curtis Harrison Interview, November 11, 2019
Date: November 11, 2019
Creator: Curtis Harrison; Sarah Canfield
Description: Curtis Harrison recalls finding out he had HIV while incarcerated for a 20 year sentence. He talks of his time living in homeless shelters in D.C., in Joseph’s House, and temporary housing.
Subject: Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; Joseph’s House; Cornerstones Affordable Housing; homeless shelter; spirituality; dialysis; prostate cancer; D.C. Medicaid; incarceration; grill cook
Country: United States
Collection: Joseph's House Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2194
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Donna Rattley Washington Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Carmen Bolt; Donna Rattley Washington
Description: Donna Rattley Washington, a proud third-generation Washingtonian, grew up in Brightwood, and reflects on the change she’s seen occur in the community over her lifetime. The most stark difference, she notes, is the presence of white people in the neighborhood, a result of redevelopment. Washington sees the changes that have occurred as largely positive, bringing an influx of new people and businesses to revitalize the neighborhood. She does, however, note the importance of acknowledging the displacement that often accompanies gentrification.
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Brightwood (Washington, D.C.); Gentrification; Affordable housing; Georgia Avenue (Washington, D.C.)
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2006
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Eric Rome, Oral History, Celebrate Petworth, November 18, 2023
Date: November 18, 2023
Creator: Tsumagari, Daiki; Rome, Eric
Description: Daiki Tsumagari interviews Eric Rome at Celebrate Petworth Day 2023 on the Petworth neighborhood, what the community is like, how the neighborhood has changed over the years, and what Rome thinks the neighborhood will look like in the future.
Subject: Petworth, D.C., affordable housing, diverse, neighborhood, community, Upshur Street
Country: United States
Collection: Celebrate Petworth 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: software, multimedia

Title: Eric Sheptock Interview, May 2, 2020
Date: May 2, 2020
Creator: Eric Sheptock; Dan Kerr
Description: Eric Jonathan Sheptock, a working homeless person addresses how Covid-19 has impacted him. He works for a company that provides porta-potties and hand washing stations for events and has had his hours dramatically cut. His company contracts with the city to now provide these services to homeless encampments, and he has gained a greater sense of the large numbers of people living outside. He is currently in a hotel under quarantine after discovering the person who sleeps near him at his shelter contracted Covid-19, but he does not have symptoms. He hopes we do not forget about the homeless when things go back to normal, that we work together to end homelessness and increase access to affordable housing and living wage jobs. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
Subject: Humanities Truck; American University; Washington, DC; COVID; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; quarantine; homelessness; affordable housing; living wages; work; shelter; encampments
Country: United States
Collection: From Me To You: A COVID-19 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2131
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Jasmine Byrd Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Carmen Bolt; Jasmine Byrd
Description: Jasmine Byrd’s family has lived in Ward 4 for generations. She states that she has seen a lot of positive changes occur in the community throughout her lifetime, “cultivating this big diversity pot.” She notes that Upshur Street has become a thriving center for small businesses and that the neighborhood fosters a strong sense of community. Byrd ends her interview by noting that newcomers to the community need to recognize and pay homage to the community that already exists.
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Brightwood (Washington, D.C.); Gentrification; Upshur Street (Washington, D.C.); Affordable housing; Local businesses
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2007
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Jeanette Chow Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr; Jeanette Chow
Description: Native Washingtonian Jeanette Chow talks about her family's involvement in DC's Chinatown and the changes she's seen in the area. Her father came to the District as a teenager to join her grandfather in the laundry business. She remembers spending Sundays in Chinatown with her family in the 1960s and 70s, where they would get dim sum, go to the Chinese Community Church, and shop at Chinese grocery stores. Jeanette remembers how the construction of the Convention Center and the subway in the 70s and 80s changed the area and led to the growth of non-Chinese businesses. She discusses her involvement with the Eastern Wind Newsletter, the first Chinese American newsletter in DC, and reflects on a piece she wrote about the changes in the DC Chinatown community in the late 70s. She talks about the importance of affordable housing for immigrants in order to maintain Chinese heritage and culture in Chinatown. She ends by saying how the older, family organizations have to accomodate the needs of the younger generation. She also thinks it's important for families to educate children in Chinese language and culture.
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinese Americans; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese heritage; Chinese culture; Anacostia Community Museum; Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum; Dr. Samir Meghelli; Eastern Wind (Asian American community newsletter of Washington, D.C.); Public transportation; Metro; Gallery Place-Chinatown (DC Metro); Convention Center; Wah Luck House; H Street (Washington, D.C.); North Capitol Street (Washington, D.C.); Chinese laundries; Chinese immigrants; immigrants; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese culture; family associations; Local businesses; Chinese-owned businesses; Affordable housing; Gentrification; Urban development
Country: United States
Collection: Lunar New Year Festival 2020
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2035
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Lance Tran Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr; Lance Tran
Description: Recent DC transplant Lance Tran discusses the meaning of Chinatown to him. Growing up in Missouri, he reflects on not having big celebrations of his culture. He remembers going to Chinatown for the first time in San Francisco and being struck by the sense of community and the pervasiveness of Chinese culture. Lance sees Chinatown as a way to connect with his culture, speak Cantonese, and as a place of refuge. He talks about the future of Chinatown, and hopes that the city can strike a balance between creating a place that is open and welcoming for everyone, while not displacing original residents. He says that we need to be mindful of issues like gentrification.
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinatown (San Francisco, CA); Chinese New Year's Day parade; Chinese culture; Chinese identity; Ethnic identity; Chinese immigrants; immigrants; Urban development; Gentrification; Affordable housing
Country: United States
Collection: Lunar New Year Festival 2020
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2037
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Regina Chow McPhie Interview, January 26, 2020
Date: January 26, 2020
Creator: Dan Kerr; Regina Chow McPhie
Description: Native Washingtonian Regina Chow McPhie discusses her family history in DC's Chinatown and reflects on the necessity of perserving Chinese heritage in the area. She talks about how her family was involved in Chinatown from its earliest days, and how her grandfather helped start the Lee Family Association. She says that her grandfather and other immigrants were relegated to domestic work, such as the laundry business, due to racial discrimination and a hatred of the Chinese. Regina talks about how Chinatown has significantly diminished. She remembers visiting Chinatown and connecting with thousands of other Chinese in the 60s and 70s, whereas now only about 300 Chinese live in the area. While she admires the DC government's efforts to preserve Chinatown, she thinks they can do more, perhaps with money collected from parking tickets. She says now that Chinatown is struggling to exist. Regina sees a dichotomy between the older and younger generations in terms of the importance of preserving heritage. She views this as extremely important: "if you don't have your heritage, you don't have your history. You don't exist."
Subject: Lunar New Year Festival; Chinese New Year's Day parade; Chinatown (Washington, D.C.); Chinatown (San Francisco, CA); Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; 1882 Foundation; Chinese Americans; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese heritage; Chinese culture; Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association; Transcontinental Railroad; Racial discrimination; Domestic workDomestic work; Anacostia Community Museum; Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum; Dr. Samir Meghelli; Harry Chow (community activist); Penny Lee (documentary producer); Wah Luck House; Mary E. Surratt Boarding House; Chinese laundries; Chinese-owned businesses; Local businesses; Chinese immigrants; immigrants; Ethnic identity; Chinese identity; Chinese culture; family associations; Lee Family Association; Affordable housing; Gentrification; Urban development
Country: United States
Collection: Lunar New Year Festival 2020
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2038
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

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