Oral history interview with Georgina Antonia da Conceicao and her children
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
- Bovell, RoseLee da Conceicao
- Conceicao, Georgina Antonia da
- Conceicao, Rogers Rowland da
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Bahia (Brazil : State)
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Brazil
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- Women
- Latin Americans
- Manners and customs
- Racism
- Race
- Social classes
- Discrimination
- Emigration and immigration
- Festivals
- Parades
- Costume
- Dance
- Music
- Interviews
- Interviewer
- Santos, Dario
- Culture
- Brazilians
- Afro-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
- 1993 January 16
- 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
- Georgina Antonia da Conceicao spoke about her extended family history and ethnic background, which included African and Brazilian ancestry. Conceicao also spoke about her childhood and growing up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; racial and class discrimination in Brazil; the type of work she performed while living in Brazil; and why she migrated to the United States in 1966. Conceicao spoke of her first impressions and experiences in the United States, including her immigrant visas and first employment experiences. She explained the differences between the United States and Brazil, how she was treated by Americans, meeting Brazilians and her involvement with the Brazilian community in Washington, DC area, and helping people in her community. Conceicao also talked about buying a house and her children, the Latin American festival and other events for Brazilians, making costumes for the Latin parade, and Bahia and Afro-Brazilian culture and traditions. Georgina Antonia da Conceicao's children - Rogers Rowland da Conceicao and RoseLee da Conceicao – were present during the interview and answered a few basic questions about themselves, Brazil, and Brazilians versus Americans. During a portion of the interview, Georgina Antonia da Conceicao danced with music playing; music playing at end of interview as well. Georgina Antonia da Conceicao and her children were interviewed by Dario J. Santos. Interview is mostly in English with some Portuguese. Digital audio files include loud white noise and static; interviewees' voices are intelligible for the most part.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1712088000981-1712088003359-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0