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Stanton Elementary School: Black History Week

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

General
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Place
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Topic
African Americans
Schools
Students
Black people -- History
Dance
Poetry
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
See more items in
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Extent
1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
Date
1973
Custodial History
Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003272
Type
Archival materials
Video recordings
Drama
Citation
Stanton Elementary School: Black History Week, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Genre/Form
Video recordings
Drama
Note
010510
Scope and Contents
In a dramatic performance, Stanton Elementary School students profile Crispus Attucks, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, James Beckwourth, York (scout for Lewis and Clark Expedition), Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Colonel Charles Young, Marian Anderson, Billie Holiday, Leontyne Price, Sidney Poitier, Katherine Dunham, Jan Matzeliger, Daniel Hale Williams, Charles Drew, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Charles White, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Ralph Bunche, Mary Jane McLeod, Booker T. Washington, Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis, Tim Brown, Leon Sullivan, Henry Thacker Burleigh, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, and Martin Luther King. Includes recitation of poems by Langston Hughes and Paul Laurence Dunbar; and dance performances between narrative segments.
Performance - dance and skits. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Dated 19730418
Collection 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 at [email protected].
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1568815250523-1568815250676-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa73d83965b-e3a6-4dc7-a9d5-8dad1c4d70ab

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