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Title: Aida Peery Interview, December 01, 2022
Date: December 01, 2022
Creator: Dan Kerr; Aida Peery
Description: Oral history interview of Aida Peery by Dan Kerr at Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS Day 2022.
Country: United States
Collection: Visual Aids: Day With(out) Art 2022
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Aida Peery Interview Transcript, December 01, 2022
Date: December 01, 2022
Creator: Dan Kerr; Aida Peery
Description: Transcript of oral history interview of Aida Peery by Dan Kerr at Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS Day 2022.
Country: United States
Collection: Visual Aids: Day With(out) Art 2022
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Aionna Butler and Mykia Charles Interview, August 24, 2019
Date: August 24, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Aionna Butler; Mykia Charles
Description: Middle schoolers and cousins Mykia Charles and Aionna Butler discuss their experiences in Anacostia Park. Mykia has been coming to the park for a long time; for Aionna, it's her first time. Both of them enjoy skating and meeting up with family in the Park. They remember falling down while skating. "This is a fun park ... but bring some kneepads!"
Subject: Anacostia Park (Washington, D.C.); National Park Service -- Anacostia Park; Late Skate in Anacostia Park; Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative; Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion; Roller skating; Basketball courts; School children in Washington, D.C.; Schools in Washington, D.C.
Country: United States
Collection: Late Skate, August 24, 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2045
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Alexes Haggins Interview, April 29, 2023
Date: April 29, 2023
Creator: Dan Kerr; Alexes Haggins
Description: Interview with Alexes Haggins, conducted by Dan Kerr on 4/29/23
Country: United States
Collection: Paul Robeson 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: software, multimedia

Title: American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
Creator: Dan Kerr
Collection: Humanities Truck Community Archive

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: 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: Carol McKelton Interview, June 22, 2019
Date: June 22, 2019
Creator: Maren Orchard; Dan Kerr; Carol McKelton
Description: Carol ""Cookie"" McKelton explains what go-go music means to her and to DC. She grew up in NW DC, and fell in love with go-go and Little Benny after going to her first show with her brother Bruce at the Howard Theater. She describes how go-go was her outlet during a difficult move, and reflects on an experience of sneaking out to go to the go-go. Cookie shares what go-go means to DC as the city's outlet for fun, and stresses that it's not going anywhere. ""Go-go, to me, is my life."
Subject: Anacostia Park (Washington, D.C.); National Park Service -- Anacostia Park; Late Skate in Anacostia Park; Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative; Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion; Roller skating
Country: United States
Collection: Late Skate, June 22, 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2086
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer Interview, December 01, 2022
Date: December 01, 2022
Creator: Dan Kerr; Cathy Fink; Marcy Marxer
Country: United States
Collection: Visual Aids: Day With(out) Art 2022
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Charles Walker Interview, April 29, 2023
Date: April 29, 2023
Creator: Dan Kerr; Charles Walker
Description: Interview with Charles Walker, conducted by Dan Kerr on 4/29/23 for Paul Robeson
Country: United States
Collection: Paul Robeson 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: software, multimedia

Title: Denise Berry, Tonya Cauley, Sabrina Spurlock Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Denise Berry; Tonya Cauley; Sabrina Spurlock
Description: Denise Berry, Tonya Cauley, and Sabrina Spurlock grew up together in the Petworth neighborhood. They all lived on the same block, attended school together, and spent free time together, as their mothers were close friends. The Petworth of their youth felt like “one big family,” and they traveled by foot to local shops, school, and the park, without fear of safety. Tonya Cauley closed the interview with a powerful call for the members of the community to love and take care of one another.
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Shepherd Street (Washington, D.C.); 5th Street (Washington, D.C.); Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.); Upshur Street (Washington, D.C.); Georgia Avenue (Washington, D.C.); Georgia Avenue Day; Caribbean heritage; It Takes a Village; Local businesses
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1579
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Derrick Nathan Interview, July 27, 2019
Date: July 27, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Derrick Nathan
Description: Derrick Nathan, Outreach Coordinator with the National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens, describes the work he does and shares his experiences with Anacostia Park. His organization was a part of this Late Skate event, and Derrick shares how they work to meet the needs of anyone transitioning back into society. He also remembers the big events hosted by the Park in the 80s, and tells stories (good and bad) about his experiences there. He discusses how central Anacostia Park is to its surrounding community, and urges his neighbors in the Ward to reach out to congress members: "this is our park ... don't sit back."
Subject: Anacostia Park (Washington, D.C.); National Park Service -- Anacostia Park; Late Skate in Anacostia Park; Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative; Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion; Roller skating; National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens; Activism, criminal justice; Activists, formerly incarcerated; Formerly incarcerated activists; Malcolm X Day; Labor Day; Memorial Day; 4th of July; Go-go; Gentrification; Anti-gentrification; African American families; Cookouts
Country: United States
Collection: Late Skate, July 27, 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2082
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Diego Castaneda Interview, September 22, 2019
Date: September 22, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr
Subject: Washington, DC; Meridian Hill Park; Malcolm X Park; music; Columbian music; festivals; culture
Country: United States
Collection: September 22, 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1706
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Dinita Dausuel Interview, June 22, 2019
Date: June 22, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Dinita Dausuel
Description: Dinita Dausuel reflects on the importance of go-go music to her. Growing up in Northwest DC, she would spend every weekend going to the go-go and, after moving to Maryland, would do whatever it took to keep going to places like the Panorama Room. Dinita shares memories about her favorite go-go artists and life experiences that happened at the go-go. She describes how fun go-go is and how it transcended violence and was one of the few things that brought African Americans in DC together: "we didn't know it was our culture then, but it was what we loved to do."
Subject: Anacostia Park (Washington, D.C.); National Park Service -- Anacostia Park; Late Skate in Anacostia Park; Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative; Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion; Roller skating
Country: United States
Collection: Late Skate, June 22, 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2087
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Elsa Kerr Interview, April 19, 2020
Date: April 19, 2020
Creator: Elsa Kerr; Dan Kerr; Dan Kerr
Description: Elsa Kerr shares how COVID has impacted her life. She explains how she has to do homeschooling now instead of going to school, and how it's difficult to learn things she hasn't learned yet. Elsa says she is washing her hands and practicing social distancing, but she misses seeing her friends. She shares how she is coping by doing Zoom calls with her friends, playing soccer, and building Legos. 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; child; distance learning; homeschooling; school; family; friends; soccer
Country: United States
Collection: From Me To You: A COVID-19 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2117
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Frank Mobley Interview, July 27, 2019
Date: July 27, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Frank Mobley
Description: Frank A. Mobley, a native of Southeast DC, reflects on his time skating in Anacostia Park. He's been coming to the Park for 38 years, and shares stories of his time practicing in the Park and the changes he's seen. Frank reflects on his former skating partners and the first time he ever performed as a skater. He explains the history of the skating group he co-founded, the Anacostia Rollers, and his inspiration for creating a skating group with more rhythm and dancing. He expresses his desire to have more people come out to the Park and promote the roller skating: "we need to get more recognition down here ... because we've been doing it for so long."
Subject: Anacostia Park (Washington, D.C.); National Park Service -- Anacostia Park; Late Skate in Anacostia Park; Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative; Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion; Roller skating; Seabrook Skate Center; Alexandria Roller Rink; Kalorama Road (National Roller Skating Rink); Anacostia Rollers; Roller skating competitions; Wheels of Fortune; Betty Jean Dodds (1948-2018)
Country: United States
Collection: Late Skate, July 27, 2019
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2068
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Hari Zandler Interview, October 4, 2019
Date: October 4, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Hari Zandler
Description: Hari Zandler, American University Class of 1969, talks about his journey to peace as a student at American University. He remembers being part of the Peace Movement and struggling to find inner peace at AU and in France. He discusses how taking yoga classes on campus helped him find peace. Hari reflects on the demonstration against the War in Cambodia on Ward Circle and commends the bravery of the students and how they emobided the spirit of the time. He remembers being chased by the police back to campus and finding solace in the Spiritual Life center. He ends by saying he lives his life by the same ideals he had as a student: "peace is a reality in my life."
Subject: Washington, DC; AU alumni; AU students; 1969; 2019 Golden Eagles Reunion; President Richard Nixon; Activism on American University campus; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Cambodia; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Anti-war protests; Peace movements; Inner peace; Yoga; AU Professor Abdul Said; School of International Service (SIS)
Country: United States
Collection: American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1947
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Interview with Angie Whitehurst, April 1, 2022
Date: April 1, 2022
Creator: Angie Whitehurst; Dan Kerr
Description: Angie Whitehurst speak with Dan Kerr about strip clubs and "girly-girly" places that used to exist in downtown DC. She explains that most of these places closed down or moved out of the district because of rising rents and real estate speculation.
Subject: DC History Conference; Washington, DC; MLK Jr Public Library; Reeves coffee shop; Petworth; Archibald's Adult Entertainment Club; Foxy Playground; Macombo Lounge; Chez Maurice; adult entertainment clubs; strip clubs; solicitation; K Street, NW; prostitution; Marion Barry; Carter Barron Amphitheater; real estate; drug culture
Country: United States
Collection: DC History Conference 2022
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:4104
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Interview with Darrell West, April 1, 2022
Date: April 1, 2022
Creator: Darrell West; Dan Kerr
Description: Dan Kerr interviews Darrell West at the DC History Conference on April 1, 2022. Darrell talks about growing up in DC and spending time downtown in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. He speaks about being in a band with some family members and friends and performing in DC.
Subject: DC History Conference; downtown DC; Washington, DC; Sunny Surplus; Woolworth and Lothrop's; Lincoln Theatre; Loew's Palace; Chinatown; Marion Barry; gentrification; Flagg Brothers; Mass Extinction Band and Show; DMV; Martin Luther King Jr Library
Country: United States
Collection: DC History Conference 2022
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:4088
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

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