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Sheila Cogan SmithsonianAnacostia 45 views Sheila Cogan describes life growing up during segregation in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Schooling and white flight are described from the perspe...
Percy Battle SmithsonianAnacostia 22 views Community Historian Percy Battle discusses growing up in Ward 8 of the District of Columbia and describes the rural character of the community.
Francis Wheeler & Rosalind Stephenwoof SmithsonianAnacostia 20 views Francis Wheeler and Rosalind Stephenwoof reminisce about life in Ward 8 of the District of Columbia before and after Urban Renewal.
Caroline Terry Remembered SmithsonianAnacostia 19 views Sperryville, Virginia resident James D. Russell recollects the life and times of his great grandmother Caroline Terry, a former slave.
Reclaiming the Edge - Adam Ortiz SmithsonianAnacostia 111 views Adam Ortiz, former mayor of Edmonston, Maryland, discusses the green infrastructure of Edmonston in relation to the Anacostia River, which flows through the District of Col...
Creativity in Community SmithsonianAnacostia 162 views The Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum needs your help in creating a name and slogan for our upcoming exhibition on creativity in the community. Interested? View this...
Shuttle Anacostia - On the Move! SmithsonianAnacostia 95 views Guests comment about their visit to the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum via the Shuttle Anacostia, the free round trip transportation service from the National Mal...
Pro-Boxing Trainer Janks Morton talks about Sugar Ray Robinson SmithsonianAnacostia 1,258 views -- from "Jubilee: African American Celebration" on view at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum through Sept 20, 2009. Visit anacostia.si.edu
Sports Announcer Glenn Harris talks about DC athletics and Anacostia SmithsonianAnacostia 524 views -- from "Jubilee: African American Celebration" on view at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum through Sept 20, 2009. Visit anacostia.si.edu
Go-Go Great Chuck Brown talks about his family reunion SmithsonianAnacostia 1,151 views -- from "Jubilee: African American Celebration" on view at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum through Sept 20, 2009

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The Smithsonians Anacostia Community Museum documents and interprets the effect of historical and contemporary social and cultural issues on communities. Established in 1967 as the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, it served first as a Smithsonian outreach museum situated in one of the District of Columbias largely African American neighborhoods and later evolved into a museum documenting, preserving and interpreting African American history from local and community history perspectives.

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