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Title: 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform, Image 03
Date: October 4, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: Pamela Beardsley
Subject: Washington, DC; American University; student; alumni; 1969; activism; protests; Martin Luther King; police; police violence; anti-war; Cambodia; Vietnam; Kent State; graduation
Country: United States
Collection: American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1744
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform, Image 04
Date: October 4, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr
Description: Mark Speiser
Subject: Washington, DC; American University; student; alumni; 1969; activism; protests; Adam Clayton Powell; Muhammad Ali; Martin Luther King; Robert Kennedy; March on Pentagon; anti-war; race
Country: United States
Collection: American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1745
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform, Image 06
Date: October 4, 2019
Creator: Maren Orchard
Description: A man enters the packed Humanities Truck exhibit.
Subject: Washington, DC; American University; student; alumni; 1969; activism; protests
Country: United States
Collection: American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1747
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform, Image 10
Date: October 4, 2019
Creator: Maren Orchard
Description: Dan Kerr talks with Thomas Hartman, a graduate of the Class of 1963.
Subject: Washington, DC; American University; student; alumni; 1969; activism; protests; Adam Clayton Powell; Muhammad Ali; Martin Luther King; Robert Kennedy; March on Pentagon; anti-war; race relations
Country: United States
Collection: American University 1968-1969: Year of Protest, Year of Reform
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1751
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Aaron Terry Interview, March 7, 2020
Date: March 7, 2020
Creator: Aaron Terry; Kai Walther
Description: Kai Walther interviews Aaron Terry about his experience living with HIV and how it impacted his service in the United States Air Force.
Subject: Washington, DC; Air Force; LGBTQ; activism; London, England; Coronavirus; Italy; aging; senior; Wilford Hall Hospital; GRID
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS Activism in DC Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2298
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Cedric Burgess Interview, March 19, 2020
Date: March 19, 2020
Creator: Cedric Burgess; Kai Walther
Description: Cedric Burgess speaks with Kai Walther about his activism around AIDS as a self-described Black gay man. Burgess describes the numerous volunteering efforts in which he is currently involved as well as what he did in the past. He discusses being diagnosed with HIV, how he came to be involved in activism around that subject, his struggles with mental health, and moving away from AIDS-specific activism. Additionally, Burgess speaks a bit about gay social life during the “disco days,” including time he spent at the Clubhouse and other gay bars and clubs.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; activism; Washington, DC; The Clubhouse; Names Project; mental health; Inner-City AIDS Network; LGBT seniors; Whitman Walker; Paradise Garage; Washington Blade; Bishop Rainey Cheeks; Black Light; DC Department on Aging and Community Living; AIDS Memorial Quilt; Us Helping Us
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS Activism in DC Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2378
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Craig Lustig Interview Part 2, April 29, 2021
Date: April 29, 2021
Creator: Craig Lustig; Audrey Barnett
Description: In part 2 of their interview, Craig Lustig continues describing his time and frustrations as a cancer treatment patient and how that informed his caregiving to people with HIV. Audrey then asks him to compare the availability and types of HIV treatment and support available between New York and DC. The conversation then moves to a comparison of Craig's early and present-day work as a caregiving professional. Lastly, Craig describes how he and his partner became foster parents.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; New York City; AIDS treatment; caregiving; cancer treatment; AIDS treatment; National Institutes of Health; Reagan Administration; healthcare; healthcare access; chronic illness; activism; foster system; foster parent; adoption; LGBT; LGBT youth
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3257
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Deonna Craig Interview, November 9, 2020
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Claudia Vinci; 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. Deonna Craig, one of the eighteen artists, is a professional artist and a teacher of after-school programs for elementary students. In this interview, Deonna discusses her realization of her calling as an artist, her painting of the letter “V” in “Lives”, and what the mural means to the community today.
Subject: Black Lives Matter; Indianapolis, Indiana; art; activism; mural; community; racism
Country: United States
Collection: "The Eighteen": Black Lives Matter Activists in Indianapolis, Indiana
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2561
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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: Lydia Mackey Interview, October 21, 2021
Date: October 21, 2021
Creator: Lydia Mackey; Michaela Fehn
Description: Lydia Mackey, a university student at Anderson University in South Carolina, discusses the young Conservative movement through the lens of political student activist organizations, specifically Turning Point USA. Mackey discusses college political actisism, the roots of her own conservative identity, traditional family values, and where she believes the Conservative movement is going as a whole.
Subject: conservative; Turning Point USA; South Carolina; Anderson University; Christianity; social media; politics; political clubs; campus life; undergrad; activism; cultural movement; culture war; traditional family values; free speech; conservatism; leftism; liberalism; marriages
Country: United States
Collection: Lydia Mackey Interview, October 21, 2021
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3674
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Mark Armstrong Interview, October 19, 2019
Date: October 19, 2019
Creator: Mark Armstrong; Sarah Canfield
Description: Mark Anthony Armstrong recalls contracting HIV in the early 1990s, and the impact it has had on his life thereafter. Mark tells the story of his first partner and the traumas he experienced in the relationship. He also remembers growing up in D.C., traveling as a young man, working in a department store, working as a dancer, gymnast, and entertainer, and finding his place within various support groups in D.C.
Subject: Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; Joseph’s House; Whitman Walker; Homes for Hope; Kaiser Health Center; dance; ballet; depression; spirituality; Job Corps; Shiva Entertainment; Soul Train; domestic abuse; abuse; homosexuality; activism
Country: United States
Collection: Joseph's House Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2203
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Rebecca Robinson Interview, October 12, 2020
Date: October 12, 2020
Creator: Claudia Vinci; 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. Rebecca Robinson, one of the eighteen artists, is a professional artist whose other past projects include other murals, fashion design, and other art pieces. In this interview, Rebecca discusses how she came to be involved in the mural project, her painting of the letter “L” in “Black”, and the community of the self-titled “The Eighteen” artists.
Subject: Black Lives Matter; Indianapolis, Indiana; Indy 10 Black Lives Matter; artists; mural; activism; community
Country: United States
Collection: "The Eighteen": Black Lives Matter Activists in Indianapolis, Indiana
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2570
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Ron Swanda Interview Part 1, April 11, 2021
Date: April 11, 2021
Creator: Ron Swanda; Audrey Barnett
Description: Ron Swanda speaks with Audrey Barnett about his experiences during the early years of AIDS in DC, getting diagnosed with HIV in 1989, and his decision to focus his HIV advocacy around personal rather than political issues. Ron also discusses his roles at and reasons for patronizing the Metropolitan Community Church, as well as other notable LGBTQ-related organizations and advocacy groups in DC and how DC LGBTQ life has changed over time.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Whitman Walker; caretaking; Air Force; Washington Blade; Ray Engebretsen; activism; Metropolitan Community Church; AZT; LGBT; DC Center for the LGBT Community; National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Lisa Keen; federal airman; Medicare; Affordable Care Act; Ryan White Planning Council; Larry Uhrig; Washington Post; P Street Beach; gay pride; gay; COVID-19; intersectionality; Gerontological Society of America; DC Commission on Aging
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3243
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Ron Swanda Interview Part 2, April 11, 2021
Date: April 11, 2021
Creator: Ron Swanda; Audrey Barnett
Description: Ron Swanda and Audrey Barnett continue the interview, transitioning into a conversation about caregiving, including Ron's role as a caregiver and support he needs in that capacity. Ron then discusses his definition of and experience with activism both in the present and past. Ron also emphasizes the important of identity-centered training for caregivers and healthcare providers and how his activism has changed focus as he's aged.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; caregiving; LGBT; gay; activism; Metropolitan Community Church; retirement; Air Force; Mayor's Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Affairs; Age-Friendly DC; Practice and Ethics Advisory Committee; DC Center for the LGBT Community; COVID-19; Gerontological Society of America
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3247
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: "The Eighteen": Black Lives Matter Activists in Indianapolis, Indiana
Creator: Claudia P Vinci
Subject: Black Lives Matter; activism; art
Type: Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories

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