Object Details
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Federal City College
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Dale, John Henry, Jr.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Greene, Ethel
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Kinard, John, 1936-1989
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Citation
Black Poetry Reading and A Look into Anacostia, A Look into the Past, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Two part program: reading of black poetry and panel discussion about Anacostia. Students from Federal City College read poems written by Countee Cullen, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. John Dale and Ethel Green talk about the history of Anacostia in a panel discussion titled A Look into Anacostia, A Look into the Past. John Kinard provides an introduction for the program.
Poetry reading and discussion. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. AV003436-2: part one. AV003436-1: part two. Poor sound quality. Undated.
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Local Numbers
ACMA AV003436-1
Place
Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Topic
African Americans
Poetry
Communities
Community museums
Museums and community
African American neighborhoods
Neighborhoods
Social history
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
See more items in
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Extent
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Date
circa 1970s
Custodial History
Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003436-2
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Poetry
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Poetry
Note
012633 003418
Collection Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.09-023_ref635
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7eaf0167d-44e3-4ebf-a23d-d1283b71dee4
ACMA.09-023
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1568815250523-1568815250705-1