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Oral history interview with Patrick Hylton

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

General
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
Names
Howard University
Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975
Hylton, Patrick C.
Manley, Michael, 1924-1997
Rodney, Walter (Walter Anthony) (1943-03-23-1980-06-13)
Shearer, Hugh Lawson
Collection Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Place
Jamaica
West Indies
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Occupation
Lawyers
Topic
Africans
Caribbeans
Caribbean Americans
Playwrights
Civil rights movements
Social history
Race
Racism
Discrimination
Imperialism
African diaspora
Rastafari movement
Rastafarians
Violence
Police
Reggae music
Ska (Music)
Rocksteady (Music)
Dancehall (Music)
Music
Interviews
Culture
Jamaicans
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
3 Digital files
2 Sound cassettes
Date
circa 1992-1993
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 and 45 minutes.
Scope and Contents
Patrick Hylton explained he came to the United States from Jamaica in 1968 to attend Howard University, and how Howard University was a "hub" for the civil rights movement. Hylton described the geography, social and political environment, living conditions, quality of life, race, and racism in Jamaica and the Caribbean. His explanation included how prime minister Hugh Shearer and later prime minister Michael Manley governed the country, the banning of Walter Rodney from the country, demonstrations, and comparisons and contrasts between Jamaica and the United States. He spoke about the effects of colonialism on Africans and people of the African diaspora. Hylton spoke in detail about Marcus Garvey, and the formation and history of the Rastafarian movement, including Haile Selassie, Leonard P. Howell and the Dreadlocksomes, Joseph Nathaniel Hibbert and the Combsomes, Archibald Dunkley, beliefs, police violence against Rastafarians, and the mythical belief of "black heart man", later personified by the Rasta man. He described the violence, discrimination, and oppression Rastafarians experienced; the visit to Ethiopia by a Rastafarian delegation, organized by Norman Manley, to meet Haile Selassie; and Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica. Hylton also spoke about his involvement in the civil rights movement in Jamaica and in the United States; what he witnessed in courtrooms as an attorney; plays and poems he wrote; development and history of reggae, ska, rocksteady and dancehall music; and the evolution of music as a whole. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise and static, and a little background noise; interviewee's voice is soft and difficult to hear at times.
Collection Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1712088000981-1712088003371-1
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7ded5d117-5d18-40b8-9ce3-647373572e3f

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