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To Achieve These Rights Exhibition Display 4: Clip of Mary Church Terrell on Americans All radio program

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Museum
Whitehead, Henry Preston, 1917-2002
Institute on Race Relations (Washington, D.C.)

Names

Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954
Todd, Tomlinson D., 1910 -1987

Collection Creator

Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum

Collection Citation

To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

A clip from "Americans All" radio program broadcasted on February 12, 1950 in celebration of Frederick Douglass' birthday. Tomlinson Todd, leader of Institute on Race Relations, interviewed Mary Church Terrell, civil rights activist and friend of Douglass. Terrell spoke of her friendship with Douglass - how they met and visiting World's Fair in Chicago with Douglass. She proposed February 14 as Frederick Douglass day. Narration and radio program provides brief description of Todd, Terrell, Institute on Race Relations, and "Americans All."
Narration and radio broadcast clip for one of four displays used in exhibition: To Achieve These Rights: The Struggle for Equality and Self-Determination in the District of Columbia, 1791-1978. Part of To Achieve These Rights: The Struggle for Equality and Self-Determination in the District of Columbia, 1791-1978 Audiovisual Records. Dated 19920101.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa773105fe7-b4be-4ff1-9ef9-56b0dafe77be

Local Numbers

ACMA AV003342

Place

Washington (D.C.)
United States

Topic

African Americans
African American abolitionists
Abolitionists
Civil rights
Civil rights leaders
Activists

Creator

Anacostia Museum
Whitehead, Henry Preston, 1917-2002
Institute on Race Relations (Washington, D.C.)

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To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records
To achieve these rights: the struggle for equality and self-determination in the District of Columbia, 1791–1978 exhibition records / Series 2: AudioVisual Materials

Extent

2 Sound recordings (cartridge, 1/4 inch)

Date

1992

Custodial History

Created for Anacostia Museum. This recording of "Americans All" was provided courtesy of Henry P. Whitehead [Collection held by the Anacostia Community Museum].

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Identifier

ACMA.03-033, Item ACMA AV003341

Type

Archival materials
Sound recordings
Narration

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.

Genre/Form

Sound recordings
Narration

Note

000747

Collection Restrictions

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.03-033_ref508
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa773105fe7-b4be-4ff1-9ef9-56b0dafe77be
ACMA.03-033
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1554838815318-1554838815324-3

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