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Title: Amelie Zurn Interview Part 1, June 8, 2021
Date: June 8, 2021
Creator: Amelie Zurn; Audrey Barnett
Description: Audrey Barnett interviews Amelie Zurn. Their conversation begins with Amelie discussing how she donated a large number of her papers from OUT! (Oppression Under Target) to the American University Archive. She then explains how she got involved with OUT! after volunteering with organizations such as Whitman Walker, National Organization for Women, and the Rape Crisis Hotline. Amelie talks more about her time with OUT!, including actions, other members, organizing tactics, and partnerships with other groups. Audrey also asks for more details about Amelie's work at and the evolution of Whitman Walker clinic. The interview then transitions to a discussion about feminist health practices and activism within AIDS organizing.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Oppression Under Target (OUT!); Whitman Walker; ACT UP; Black Lives Matter; Lesbian Health Services; Take Back the Night; National Organization for Women (NOW); Bowers v. Hardwick; 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights; disability justice; gay and lesbian organizing; Washington Blade; Ryan White Care Act; memorial actions; Washington Peace Center; abolitionist organizing; DC Council; Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); Clinton administration; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Immigrant Rights Movement; Webster v. Reproductive Health Services; reproductive rights; feminist health practices; mutual aid; transmasculine
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3263
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Title: Amelie Zurn Interview Part 2, June 8, 2021
Date: June 8, 2021
Creator: Amelie Zurn; Audrey Barnett
Description: Audrey Barnett completes part 2 of her interview with Amelie Zurn. Their conversation picks up with Amelie continuing to discuss working with Whitman Walker. She identifies challenges in building support for and acknowledging the affects of grief on people involved in the movement. Audrey then asks Amelie about how her previous work with OUT! and Whitman Walker inform her present-day work and life.
Subject: HIV; AIDS; Washington, DC; Oppression Under Target (OUT!); Whitman Walker; ACT UP; Black Lives Matter; Lesbian Health Day; caregiving; cancer; grief; Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer; disability justice; Susan Hester; Reagan Administration; Bush Administration; state-sanctioned violence; Black lesbians; AIDS Memorial Quilt; Sharon Kowalksi; Karen Thompson; Jerry Green; City Hall; Sharon Bottoms; lesbian parents; social work; Jamie Grant; gender and sexuality; trauma
Country: United States
Collection: Taking the Truck OUT!: AIDS and Caregiving Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3265
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Title: Anne Bouie Interview, October 20, 2020
Date: October 20, 2020
Creator: Dr. Anne Bouie; Joy Pierce
Description: Dr. Bouie is a Black artist currently living in Washington, D.C. She previously worked as a teacher and spent several years creating educational programing for inner city schools. She discusses her life from childhood, early education, later experiences in college and graduate school. Then, she talks about her experiences as a Black educator serving inner city students and her transition into being an artist. Finally, she shares her thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement and the role of art and spirituality in sustaining social movements. The interview was conducted remotely through the podcasting program Zencastr and we experienced some technical difficulties.
Subject: Washington, DC; Black Lives Matter; Art; Education; Artist; Columbia Heights, DC; Spirituality; University of California Riverside
Country: United States
Collection: Black Artists in Washington, DC and the Black Lives Matter Movement Oral History Project; info:fedora/dcplislandora:307079
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2616
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Arren Mills Interview, October 28, 2020
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Arren Mills; Shae Corey; Person responsible unknown
Description: In this interview, Arren Mills discusses many aspects of her life, including her family life, her career, and her hopes for the future. She touches on her personal history, her expanding career in birth photography and as a doula, and her social activism. She describes her experience at protests over the summer of 2020, her fears and hopes for the social justice movement going forward, and her desires for her two young girls. With honesty and poise, Arren Mills provides perspective on protesting, activism, and motherhood in this interview.
Subject: motherhood; COVID-19; Black Lives Matter; doula; social justice; protests
Country: United States
Collection: Through Mother's Eyes: Black Lives Matters Protest, Summer 2020
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2473
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Brian Rio Interview, October 10, 2020
Date: October 10, 2020
Creator: Brian Rio; Dylan McAdams
Description: Dylan McAdams speaks with Brian Rio about how Covid 19 has affected the broadcast media industry of WarnerMedia company. This interview provides an in-depth look at how the news team is running now that Covid-19 is in full swing. Interview completed virtually, with Dylan McAdams located in Washington, DC, and Brian Rio in Atlanta, GA.
Subject: media; news; CNN International; WarnerMedia; COVID-19; sound design; TNT; Turner Network Television; Full Sail University; Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; Turner Studios; job security; working from home; social unrest; Coronavirus; Black Lives Matter; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; George Floyd; On Being With Krista Tippett; family
Country: United States
Collection: Behind the Scenes of the Media Industry During COVID: An Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2516
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
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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: Kenneth Payne Interview, October 12, 2020
Date: October 12, 2020
Creator: Kenneth Payne; Sajel Swartz
Description: The overall objective is to create a deeper understanding of the Black Lives Matter Movement during the Summer of 2020 through the lens of modern Christian practices and ideals, with the hope of better understanding the motivations of those involved in the Black Lives Matter Movement and to evaluate the connection between religion, politics, and human rights. It should be noted that this interview took place in the year 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic with a remote interview process. The interview took place shortly before a contentious presidential election, and discusses a highly politicized social movement that (as of October 2020) peaked in the Summer of 2020.
Subject: Danville, KY; church; faith; Black Lives Matter; community; Louisville, KY; Centre College; connection; Lexington, KY; family; George Floyd; Breonna Taylor; Charles Booker; Operation Vote October; protest
Country: United States
Collection: Black Lives Matter and the Christian Faith Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2496
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: Mia Moss Interview, October 25, 2020
Date: October 25, 2020
Creator: Mia Moss; Josh Reynolds
Description: Oral history interview with Mia Moss, owner of Black Coffee, a local coffee shop on the East Side of Fort Worth, Texas. Moss is a native of Fort Worth, living primarily on the East side. She feels very attached to her community and saw opening a business that expresses her coffee passion would be a way to give back to her community. She discusses her family and education growing up, her introduction into the coffee world, her experiences with racism, both professionally and personally, the COVID-19 outbreak and its lasting effects, and the effects of the Black Lives Matter social justice movement. This interview was recorded virtually (hence the two locations) through a website called TheirStory.io.
Subject: DFW; Dallas, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Black Coffee; Black business; coffee; pandemic; East Fort Worth; coffee shop; 2020; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Montessori Schools; O. D. Wyatt High School; Southwest High School; Texas Wesleyan University; Tarrant County College; Seattle’s Best; advocacy; 2020 general election; racism; Black Lives Matter; George Floyd; economy; 2020 stimulus package
Country: United States
Collection: Dallas-Fort Worth Black Business in 2020 Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2581
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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: Robbie Robinson Interview, October 23, 2020
Date: Sajel Swartz
Creator: Reverend Robbie Robinson; Sajel Swartz
Description: The overall objective is to create a deeper understanding of the Black Lives Matter Movement during the Summer of 2020 through the lens of modern Christian practices and ideals, with the hope of better understanding the motivations of those involved in the Black Lives Matter Movement and to evaluate the connection between religion, politics, and human rights. It should be noted that this interview took place in the year 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic with a remote interview process. The interview took place shortly before a contentious presidential election, and discusses a highly politicized social movement that (as of October 2020) peaked in the Summer of 2020.
Subject: Faith; God; Black Lives Matter; Racism; Family; Community; Parents; Chicago, IL; Union Pier, MI; Church; Pastor; Wheaton Bible College; Mayor Richard M. Daley; Good Mourning America; George Floyd; Protest
Country: United States
Collection: Black Lives Matter and the Christian Faith Oral History Project
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2499
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

Title: Through Mother's Eyes: Black Lives Matters Protest, Summer 2020
Creator: Shae Corey
Subject: Black Lives Matter; Motherhood
Type: Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

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