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Film, VideoAfrican Americans in Hollywood A conversation on the status of African Americans in Hollywood with producer, professor and former Library of Congress employee Russell Williams.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
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Film, VideoAfricans & African-Americans in Germany A discussion on the pluralistic and multifaceted presence of Africa in Germany with visiting Fulbright Scholar, Magueye Kasse.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2012
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Film, VideoAfrican-American Spirituals of the Civil War A panel discussion on African-American spirituals of the Civil War.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2013
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Film, VideoImages of Early African American Life Photographic images of African American life at the turn of the 20th century were the subject of a talk by historians David Levering Lewis and Deborah Willis. Their book, "A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois & African American Portraits of Progress" (Amistad, 2003), is based on the Library?s collection of photographs showcased in "The Exhibit of American Negroes" at the 1900 Paris...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoWilliam Wells Brown: An African-American Life Ezra Greenspan will discussed his book "William Wells Brown: An African American Life." Brown (1814-1884) was born a slave and kept functionally illiterate until he was 19, when he escaped. He became an agent of the Underground Railroad, an antislavery activist and a self-taught writer and orator. In 1853 Brown wrote "Clotel," the first novel by an African American. It is a fictionalized account...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2014
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Film, VideoAfrican American Doctors of World War I. Historians W. Douglas Fisher and Joann H. Buckley discuss their book, "African American Doctors of World War I: The Lives of 104 Volunteers." Inspired by his grandfather's diaries and letters, Fisher and Buckley share the stories of the doctors who cared for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black combat units.They bring to light a significant yet overlooked...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division
- Date: 2017
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Film, VideoA History of African American Political Thought Melvin Rogers and Jack Turner, co-editors of the new book, "African American Political Thought: A Collected History," discuss their book, which brings together contemporary scholars to reflect on the contributions of important figures in the tradition of African American political thought, providing an unprecedented philosophical history of thinkers from the African American community and the African diaspora.- Contributor: Turner, Jack - Rogers, Melvin
- Date: 2021-02-22
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Film, VideoHistory of African American Business & Entrepreneurship Sophia Southard, 2020 Junior Fellow Intern, introduces herself and discusses her internship.- Contributor: Southard, Sophia
- Date: 2020-07-01
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Film, VideoAfrican-American Spirituals of the Civil War: Concert A performance by the Howard University Chorale and Baltimore City College High School Choir, as part of a Library symposium on African-American spirituals of the Civil War.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2013
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Film, VideoAfrican-American Spirituals of the Civil War: Performance Workshop A spirituals performance workshop led by J. Weldon Norris, director of choruses at Howard University and a leading performer-scholar of spirituals. Part of a symposium on African-American Spirituals of the Civil War.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2013
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Film, VideoDaisy Turner's Kin: An African-American Family Saga Daisy Turner (1883-1988), born in Grafton, Vermont and the daughter of freed African American slaves, grew up listening to her father, Alec, tell stories of his family's heritage. Over the course of numerous interviews Daisy shared her own life story, one of discrimination, resilience and strength. This talk considers Daisy Turner's narrative in terms of memory and within a larger canvas of social, cultural...- Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2016
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Film, VideoAfrican American History Month Celebration: National Visionary Leadership Project Showcase The Library of Congress celebrated African American History Month with its signature event--a showcase of the American Folklife Center's National Visionary Leadership Project (NVLP) Collection. The NVLP is a collection of oral life histories of extraordinary African American elders who have made significant contributions to American society, and the American Folklife Center is the official repository for these stories. The Library's signature event featured...- Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2008
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Film, VideoTheodore Roosevelt and African Americans by Chris Smothers Chris Smothers shares insights about the Manuscript Division AHHA project that surveyed African American voices within the Theodore Roosevelt Papers Collection.- Contributor: Smothers, Chris
- Date: 2023-02-03
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Film, VideoAfrican Americans and Utopia: Visions of a Better Life Lyman Tower Sargent discussed the many ways that African Americans contributed to visions of a better life in the U.S. in literature, by establishing communities and by contributing to the dialogue around betterment throughout U.S. history. While there have been studies of individual African American writers and authors of science fiction, there has been no attempt to examine the many ways that African Americans...- Contributor: Sargent, Lyman Tower
- Date: 2019-05-14
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Film, VideoAfrican-American Passages: Black Lives in the 19th Century Adam Rothman discussed documents from the Library's manuscript collection relating to the lives of African-Americans in the 19th century in a conversation with Jesse J. Holland.- Contributor: Holland, Jesse J. - Rothman, Adam
- Date: 2019-02-21
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Film, VideoAfrican American Dollmaking and Puppetry: Renegotiating Identity, Restoring Community African American artisans utilize ancient skills and innovative technologies to create dolls and puppets that are both whimsical and starkly serious. Their creations, incorporationg clay, textiles, wood, glass and found objects, embrace the somber reality of African American experiences and optimism for a boundless future.- Contributor: Sands, Cynthia - Kato, Linda - Haskins, Francine - Russell, Imani W. - Bryce-Laporte, Camila - Ajanku, Kibibi - Grayson, Deborah R. - Cherry, Schroeder - Whaley, Paula
- Date: 2020-02-18
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Film, VideoTheodore Roosevelt and African Americans by Emily Alesia Poteat Emily Alesia Poteat tells us how she utilized archival skills to interpret collections to share an inclusive story of the American experience through the Theodore Roosevelt and African Americans AHHA project.- Contributor: Alesia Poteat, Emily
- Date: 2023-02-03
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BlogYear-Round African-American Music History at LOC February is Black History Month! The Music Division has all the resources you need to explore and appreciate African-American contributions to the performing arts year-round, not only in February.- Contributor: Wertheimer, Melissa
- Date: 2019-02-27
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Film, VideoAfrican American Faces of the Civil War: An Album Ronald Coddington discusses the third volume in his series on Civil War soldiers, which contains previously unpublished photographs of African American Civil War participants -- many of whom fought to secure their freedom.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2013
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: African American Genealogical Research Doing genealogical research for African Americans can be quite challenging and requires some creativity when deciding what resources and records to search for information. Using real-life examples, this presentation will provide researchers with some of the basic tools and resources to begin their search.- Contributor: Johnson, Ahmed
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, VideoThe Legendary Ingramettes: African American Gospel Music from Virginia A concert by the Ingramettes, one of Virginia's premier gospel ensembles. The family Gospel group was founded in the 1960s in Richmond, Virginia by the late Maggie Ingram. This is the group's first performance without her. This performance includes singers Rev. Almeta Ingram-Miller (Ingram's daughter), Cheryl Maroney Beaver (Ingram's granddaughter), Carrie Ann Jackson, and background vocalist LeChelle Johnson. The musicians are Calvin "Kool Aid"...- Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2016
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Film, VideoCreole United: African American Creole Music from Louisiana Creole United performs a concert of creole music from southwest Louisiana.- Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoContemporary Issues in African-American Lives: 2016 National Book Festival Three authors discuss contemporary issues and human rights movements: Angela J. Davis, "Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor," Jabari Asim, "Only the Strong," and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, "From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Davis, Angela J. - Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta - Asim, Jabari
- Date: 2016-09-24
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Film, VideoRep. Juanita Millender-McDonald Delivers Keynote Address for African American History Month Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald delivered the African American History Month keynote address at the Library of Congress. The program also featured remarks by John Fleming, national president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). ASALH's 2007 theme, "From Slavery to Freedom: Africans in the Americas," honors the work of black historian John Hope Franklin, who recently won the Library's...- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2007
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Film, VideoOpalanga Pugh: African-American Storytelling from Colorado with Askia Toure on Voice and Drum Opalanga Pugh presents traditional African-American storytelling from Colorado, another in the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.- Contributor: Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2008