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- GiGi Holliday Interview, October 17, 2019
- Date
- October 17, 2019
- Creator
- GiGi Holliday; Kai Walther
- Description
- GiGi Holliday in this interview discusses her introduction to and involvement in the field of burlesque, primarily in DC. She explains different kinds of burlesque, especially the contrast between Black and white performers and shows. While acknowledging racism she’s faced as a performer, Holliday focuses more on the community she’s found among other performers of color and how burlesque serves as an avenue of activism for her.
- Subject
- Chocolate City Burlesque and Cabaret; Chocolate City Lounge; Washington, DC; Burlesque; Activism; Nerdlesque; La Boum Boum Brunch; Blackness; Racism; Identity; Brown Girls Burlesque; Burlycon; Neo-burlesque; Drag queens
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- DC Burlesque Oral History Project
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2216
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- 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
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- mixed material