Juneteenth Celebration
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- ACMA AV002081 ACMA AV002243 ACMA AV002244
- Creator
- Anacostia Museum
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Names
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Museum
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- African Americans
- Juneteenth
- Celebrations
- Museums and community
- Creator
- Anacostia Museum
- Anacostia Community Museum
- See more items in
- Juneteenth Program Records, 1989-1998
- Juneteenth Program Records, 1989-1998 / Series 2: Audiovisual Recordings
- Extent
- 4 Video recordings (VHS, 1/2")
- Date
- 1996
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.01-007.13, Item ACMA AV002080
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Citation
- Juneteenth Program Records, 1989-1998, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Genre/Form
- Video recordings
- Note
- 015040 015400 015310 005930
- Scope and Contents
- On June 15, 1996, the Anacostia Museum's Juneteenth Celebration was held at the Anacostia Museum. Museum Director Steven Newsome and community leaders greeted guests with speeches. Performances included Melvin Deal and the African Heritage Dancers & Drummers; jazz vocalist Sunny Sumter; a cappella quintet DC's Finest; storytellers Dylan Pritchett, Marvel Abayoni-Cole, Bill Grimmette, and Morton Brooks; and Shirleta Settles. The day also included Kwelismith's Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The theme for the Juneteenth Celebration 1996 was Freedom Revisited.
- Celebration - festival. Part of Juneteenth Programs. Dated 19960615.
- Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1592415098623-1592415098627-5
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
