Object Details
Interviewer
Santos, Dario
Names
Rodriguez, Antonio Carlos
Collection Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Citation
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Antonio Carlos Rodriguez spoke about his family, including his parents, siblings, and grandparents; the city of Sao Paulo, where he was born and lived until he immigrated to the United States in 1989; working for the American enterprise, National Biscuit Company, NABISCO in Brazil; his religious beliefs, Catholicism; discrimination in Brazil and the United States; and the relationship between Brazilians and Spanish speaking people. Rodriguez identifies as White Brazilian.
Rodriguez explained when and why he decided to immigrate to the United States; his first impression of the United States; the differences between the United States and Brazil; his participation in Brazilian cultural activities and Brazilian community in Washington, DC; and traditional Brazilian cuisine he prepares.
Antonio Carlos Rodriguez was interviewed by Dario J. Santos. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise, static, and background noise. Interviewee's voice can be heard clearly.
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General
Associated documentation, including partial transcripts, for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives. The textual transcripts are not verbatim of the audio recordings.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
Place
São Paulo (Brazil)
Brazil
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Topic
Manners and customs
Catholicism
Discrimination
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Interviews
Interviewer
Santos, Dario
Culture
Brazilians
See more items in
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records / Series 3: Oral History Interviews
Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF). A number of oral history interviews in this collection were digitized and catalogued in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Extent
2 Digital files
1 Sound cassette
Date
1992 November 10
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Type
Archival materials
Digital files
Sound cassettes
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Note
The total playing time of interview recording is approximately 1 hour.
Collection Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.03-027_ref1881
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ACMA
Record ID
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