Juneteenth Celebration
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Museum
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Names
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Museum
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- African Americans
- Juneteenth
- Storytelling
- Music
- 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
- 1 Video recording (VHS, 1/2")
- Date
- 1997
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.01-007.13, Item ACMA AV002228
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Citation
- Juneteenth Program Records 1989-1998, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Genre/Form
- Video recordings
- Note
- 010802
- Scope and Contents
- On June 14, 1997, the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture's Juneteenth Celebration was held at Anacostia Park. Performances included hip-hop dance by Apocalyptic Future; jazz band Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band; percussion group Drums of Fire with Barnett Williams and Baba Ngoma; Danny Dread; the Anointed Souls; storytellers Shindana Cooper and Bill Grimmette; and Nap Turner's rendition of 'Hughes Views of the Blues.' The day also included activities for children and families, and arts and crafts demonstrations.
- Celebration - festival. Part of Juneteenth Programs. Dated 1997.
- 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-1592415098623-1592415098628-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
