The Anacostia Story Programmer
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Scope and Contents
- An overview of the history of southeast Washington, D.C. from the Nacotchtank Indians to the establishment of small businesses, churches, and public housing at Barry Farms. Aspects included Captain John Smith and first European settlers, slavery, tobacco plantations, establishment of Washington D.C. as the capital, James Barry, establishment of Uniontown, emancipation of slaves, establishment of Freedmen's Bureau, settlement of Barry Farms, Solomon G. Brown, community churches, small businesses and commercial enterprises, schools and public education, Frederick Douglass, opening of a bank in Anacostia, expansion of transportation and Suitland Parkway, and public housing.
- Narration. Audio only. Related to exhibition 'The Anacostia Story.' Undated.
- Date
- circa 1977
- Extent
- 1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Topic
- African Americans
- Communities
- Neighborhoods
- African American neighborhoods
- Slavery
- African American churches
- Schools
- African American business enterprises
- Small business
- African American churches
- Community development, Urban
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Citation
- The Anacostia Story Programmer, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-039, Item ACMA AV001391_A
- Local Numbers
- ACMA AV001391_B
- General
- Title transcribed from physical asset.
Related Content
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- Date
- circa 1977-1978