Oral history interview with Antonio Carlos Rodriguez
Object Details
- General
- Associated documentation, including partial transcripts, for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives. The textual transcripts are not verbatim of the audio recordings.
- Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
- Interviewer
- Santos, Dario
- Names
- Rodriguez, Antonio Carlos
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- São Paulo (Brazil)
- Brazil
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- Manners and customs
- Catholicism
- Discrimination
- Racism
- Emigration and immigration
- Interviews
- Interviewer
- Santos, Dario
- Culture
- Brazilians
- See more items in
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records / Series 3: Oral History Interviews
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Extent
- 2 Digital files
- 1 Sound cassette
- Date
- 1992 November 10
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Digital files
- Sound cassettes
- Citation
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Note
- The total playing time of interview recording is approximately 1 hour.
- Scope and Contents
- Antonio Carlos Rodriguez spoke about his family, including his parents, siblings, and grandparents; the city of Sao Paulo, where he was born and lived until he immigrated to the United States in 1989; working for the American enterprise, National Biscuit Company, NABISCO in Brazil; his religious beliefs, Catholicism; discrimination in Brazil and the United States; and the relationship between Brazilians and Spanish speaking people. Rodriguez identifies as White Brazilian. Rodriguez explained when and why he decided to immigrate to the United States; his first impression of the United States; the differences between the United States and Brazil; his participation in Brazilian cultural activities and Brazilian community in Washington, DC; and traditional Brazilian cuisine he prepares. Antonio Carlos Rodriguez was interviewed by Dario J. Santos. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise, static, and background noise. Interviewee's voice can be heard clearly.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1712088000981-1712088003344-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0