The DuSable Museum of African American History promotes understanding and inspires appreciation of the achievements, contributions and experiences of African Americans through exhibits, programs and activities to highlight history, culture and art. "Putting People First" is a community service of Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).
Topic: African American History
Topic: African American History Month
CST Audio Archive J. Alfred Smith Black History: The Continuing Challenge
Topics: black history, African American history
A word of hate or term of endearment? Like many young African American teens, Jermaine used the word every day. Then, in the summer of 2003, he traveled down south and met people for whom nigger will never be just another word.
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Topics: Racism, Tolerance, African American History
Production on Oakland's early African American pioneers by the Northern California Center for Afro-American History & Life (NCCAAHL) drawing from the collections at the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. Written on tape: Slide A Slide Show/Side B For additional information see California Revealed .
Topics: californiarevealed, African American history--California, African American history--California--San...
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Symposium sponsered by the Northern California Center for Afro-American History and Life on the historical migrations of African Americans to California, held at the Oakland Museum of California. For additional information see California Revealed .
Topics: californiarevealed, African American history--California
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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, known as ASALH, held its 103rd annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. This program featured a history of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture from U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert Wilkins, who worked to get it built. Conference organizers also recognized the service of African American veterans. Sponsor: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
Topics: Remembering African American History, Television Program
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Newsletter of Arlington, VA neighborhood.
Topic: National Museum of African-American History
Photocopy of a birth certificate for Dr. Bernard Streets from Mineral County, West Virginia.
Topics: history, African American history, Streets Collection
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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, known as ASALH, held its 103rd annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. This program featured a history of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture from U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert Wilkins, who worked to get it built. Conference organizers also recognized the service of African American veterans. Sponsor: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
Topics: Remembering African American History, Television Program
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Book TV presents coverage from an all-day conference hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the American Historical Association
Topics: African American History Conference, Television Program
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Richard Josey was an interpreter of African American history at Colonial Williamsburg, portraying several characters, including a runaway slave named Peter. He discussed why it's important to tell history from the African American perspective and talked about the emotional toll of portraying historical characters.Thomas Jefferson's Monticello provided this video. Sponsor: Monticello
Topics: Interpreting African American History, Television Program
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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, known as ASALH, held its 103rd annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. This program featured a history of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture from U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert Wilkins, who worked to get it built. Conference organizers also recognized the service of African American veterans. Sponsor: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
Topics: Remembering African American History, Television Program
Source: Comcast Cable
13 pages. This is a digitized version of the original book in the Vermont Collection at Middlebury College.
Topics: Slavery, Colonization societies, African-american history
These ledgers document the Houston Cemetery in Salisbury, Maryland, which was founded in 1901 by African American community leader, Solomon Houston. The ledgers record interments, payments, and more from 1915 to 1937. The ledgers come from the Linda Duyer African American History Collection at the Nabb Research Center (2012.021). For more information, visit the finding aid here: http://libapps.salisbury.edu/nabb-archives/local-history-archives/2012.021
Topics: salisbury, maryland, cemetery, african american history
Dr. Bernard Streets’ birth certificate from Mineral County, West Virginia. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Oral History Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/StreetsFamily.html.
Topics: history, African American history, Streets Collection
Oral history interview with African American Berkeley resident Imogene H. Simpson about her childhood in Nacogdoches, Texas, and moving to California. Written on tape: Imogene Simpson - 3/12/86 For additional information see California Revealed .
Topics: californiarevealed, African American history--California--Berkeley
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Bishop Alford was the owner of Alford's Mortuary, one of a few African American mortuarists in South Bend. Bishop Alford was also a Pastor of the Pentecostal Cathedral Church of God and Christ in South Bend, and a former President of the South Bend branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Oral History Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/OralHistory.html.
Topics: history, African American history, Oral History
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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, known as ASALH, held its 103rd annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. This program featured a history of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture from U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert Wilkins, who worked to get it built. Conference organizers also recognized the service of African American veterans. Sponsor: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
Topics: Remembering African American History, Television Program
Source: Comcast Cable
Musical rap recorded by the Northern California Center for Afro-American History & Life about East Bay African American history. Circa 1990s Written on tape: No. CA Afro-American Center [Side A] East Bay Rap [Side B] For additional information see California Revealed .
Topics: californiarevealed, African American history--California, African American history--California--San...
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Book TV presents coverage from an all-day conference hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the American Historical Association
Topics: African American History Conference, Television Program
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African-American Heritage Month: CAPT Tillmon, NC, USN 02.25.2021 Video by NMCCL Public Affairs Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune celebrates African-American Heritage Month by highlighting CAPT Susan Tillmon. [Nurse Corps] Date Taken: 02.25.2021 Date Posted: 02.25.2021 10:26 Category: Video Productions Video ID: 784764 VIRIN: 210225-N-VK310-0001 Filename: DOD_108201443 Length: 00:04:53 Location: CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US BUMED #21-0004-057
Topics: Nurse Corps, African-American History, Navy Medicine
Dr. Bernard Vagner grew up near Shreveport, Louisiana, a place notorious for the frequency with which citizens used lynching as a method to terrorize and enforce racial segregation against people of color. He studied medicine at Xavier University with a goal of becoming a surgeon, but instead became a well regarded general practitioner. He was also key in several efforts to desegregate South Bend, particularly in the 1968 effort to pass a city wide fair housing ordinance. In this first episode...
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana
Helen Pope grew up on the west side of South Bend, Indiana during the 1920s. She watched her city grow and change over the eighty years she lived here. She earned a nursing license from Ivy Tech and a degree in early childhood development from IU South Bend. She worked as a nurse at the old Northern Indiana Children’s hospital, back when they segregated their patients by race. Helen helped end that horrible practice. But when South Bend started losing its factory jobs in the 1960s, African...
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana
J. Chester, Elizabeth Fletcher, and Chester Allen eating at a picinic. Circa 1960s. Exact date and location unknown. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Streets Family Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/StreetsFamily.html .
Topic: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana
Join Emily Bernard to celebrate the launch of her new book, Black is the Body. ABOUT THE BOOK: An extraordinary, exquisitely written memoir (of sorts) that looks at race—in a fearless, penetrating, honest, true way—in twelve telltale, connected, deeply personal essays that explore, up-close, the complexities and paradoxes, the haunting memories and ambushing realities of growing up black in the South with a family name inherited from a white man, of getting a PhD from Yale, of marrying a...
Topics: race, African-American history, race relations, memoir
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"A powerful award winning documentary on the contributions of African Americans in World War II"-- description from box.
Topics: vhs, african american history, world war II
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Panelists talked about historic preservation and the challenges of interpreting slavery and emancipation. "History, Preservation, and Public Reckoning in Museums" was a session of "The Future of the African American Past," a conference hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the American Historical Association. The National Museum of African American History and Culture was scheduled to open in September 2016. Sponsor:...
Topics: African-American History and Preservation, Television Program
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LibriVox recording of Your Negro Neighbor by Benjamin Griffith Brawley. Read in English by KevinS An historical and sociological view of race relations in America as it pertains to the African-American. - Summary by KevinS For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, race relations, african-american history
In this brief interview, Thomas Dennis describes his early life including his education and the various facets that existed around Eden, MD, in the 1920's, 30's, and 40's. He remarks on his philosophy of life and his observations about how the world has changed during his life. This interview is part of the Teaching American History Program. For more information, see the Edward H. Nabb Center Finding Aid: https://libapps.salisbury.edu/nabb-archives/finding-aid.php?id=1550
Topics: Early Education, Eden MD, African American History
On June 1, 2018, members of the Powell family gathered in South Bend, Indiana's Howard Park to dedicate a plaque at the last location of the Powell House. What was Farrow and Rebecca Powell's home on Main Street in South Bend was moved there in the early 1970s and meant to serve as a teaching tool. Three separate vandalism attacks destroyed the house beyond repair. Includes a program passed out at the deciation event. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Small...
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana
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African Americans moved to Indianapolis shortly after the city became Indiana's capital. Kisha Tandy, Curator of Social History at the Indiana State Museum toured the city to show the areas where African Americans lived and the district where African American business leaders thrived. Sponsor: C-SPAN | Local Content Vehicle
Topics: African American History in Indianapolis, Television Program
Source: Comcast Cable
J. Chester Allen standing outside an unknown location. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Streets Family Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/StreetsFamily.html .
Topic: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana
On June 1, 2018, members of the Powell family gathered in South Bend, Indiana's Howard Park to dedicate a plaque at the last location of the Powell House. What was Farrow and Rebecca Powell's home on Main Street in South Bend was moved there in the early 1970s and meant to serve as a teaching tool. Three separate vandalism attacks destroyed the house beyond repair. Includes photographs taken at the event. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Small Collection, visit...
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African Americans moved to Indianapolis shortly after the city became Indiana's capital. Kisha Tandy, Curator of Social History at the Indiana State Museum toured the city to show the areas where African Americans lived and the district where African American business leaders thrived. Sponsor: C-SPAN | Local Content Vehicle
Topics: African American History in Indianapolis, Television Program
Source: Comcast Cable
Historian and East Bay Negro Historical Society co-founder Eugene P. Lasartemay in conversation with coauthor Mary Rudge discuss their book "For the Love of Jack London: His Life with Jennie Prentiss - a True Love Story," about Jack London and his African American foster mother, Jennie (Virginia) Prentiss. Written on tape: O-End "For Love of Jack London" From D120 Orig. T3/20/93 For additional information see California Revealed .
Topics: californiarevealed, African American history--California, African American history--California--San...
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Lawrence Edward "Larry" Campbell, Jr. (1926-1992) was a pioneering African American aviator. He volunteered for military service in 1944 and was sent for cadet training with the 332nd Fighter Group at Tuskegee Army Air Field but was discharged in 1945 at the end of World War II. Campbell was again accepted for flight training in 1947, which he successfully completed in 1948. Also in 1948, Campbell flew the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star from Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio which was...
Topics: Veterans, Oral History, African American History, Military History
John Charles Bryant is descended from of one of the first African American families to call South Bend home. His ancestors moved here in 1858, seven years before the city officially incorporated. Every generation since has contributed things big and small to this city, and John Charles has detailed information about all of them. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of this city’s history—and he’s happy to share it. In 2001, he was the first person selected to be interviewed by the Civil...
Topics: history, African American history, podcast, South Bend, Indiana
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Lawrence Edward "Larry" Campbell, Jr. (1926-1992) was a pioneering African American aviator. He volunteered for military service in 1944 and was sent for cadet training with the 332nd Fighter Group at Tuskegee Army Air Field but was discharged in 1945 at the end of World War II. Campbell was again accepted for flight training in 1947, which he successfully completed in 1948. Also in 1948, Campbell flew the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star from Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio which was...
Topics: Air Force, African American History, Military History, Veterans
The Mayor Harold Washington Legacy Committee held a celebration at the DuSable Museum of African American History. The event kicked off a series of events to honor the life and work of Chicago's first African American mayor. This program was streamed and recorded by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).
Topics: Mayor Harold Washington Legacy Committee, African American History
Letter dated April 1975 written by Dick Gregory. Mr. Gregory was an influential comedian and author who pushed the civil rights and feminist movements forward during the 1960s and beyond.
Topics: history, African American history, Streets Collection, Dick Gregory
A Sunday of poetry and readings written by African-Americans.
Topics: TJUC, UUA, UU, Unitarian, Universalism, African-American History
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African-American History dumped with WikiTeam tools.
Topics: wiki, wikiteam, wikispaces, African-American History, turnerodenafricanamericanhistory,...
Donald Streets standing with an unknown woman. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Streets Family Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/StreetsFamily.html .
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana, Streets family
Symposium held as part of the the Northern California Center for Afro-American History and Life's Vision Toward Tomorrow exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California. For additional information see California Revealed .
Topics: californiarevealed, African American history--California--San Francisco Bay Area
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Funeral program for Louvenia Cain. Services were held at Greater St. John Baptist Church in South Bend, Indiana. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Small Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/SmallCollection.html .
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana, Louvenia Cain
Various photographs of the Streets family. This photograph shows Bernard Streets, Jr., presumed to be in a room at the family home, circa 1960s. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Streets Family Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/StreetsFamily.html .
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana, Streets family
Photograhs taken during Indiana University Bloomington's graduation ceremony, including Bernard Streets Jr. with members of his family. Photo features Bernard Jr. with an unidentified woman. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Streets Family Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/StreetsFamily.html .
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana, Streets family
Photographs of or people related to Louvenia Cain [then Louvenia Simmons] believed to have been taken along the 1200 block of West Washington. Ms. Cain lived at 1207 West Washington. Ms. Cain stands next to a younger man in a military uniform, possibly her son Verelee Simmons—and an older gentleman, possibly her husband Eddie Simmons. O'Brien Paints can be seen in the background. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Small Collection, visit...
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana, Louvenia Cain
Resolution signed by the Trustees of the Olivet AME Church in South Bend authorizing the sale of their former church building located at 306 West Monroe Street. For more from the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center's Small Collection, visit https://library.iusb.edu/search-find/archives/crhc/SmallCollection.html .
Topics: history, African American history, South Bend, Indiana, Olivet AME
