Black Poetry Reading and A Look into Anacostia, A Look into the Past

Object Details

Creator: Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names: Anacostia Community Museum; Anacostia Neighborhood Museum; Federal City College; Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946; Dale, John Henry, Jr.; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; Greene, Ethel; Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967; Kinard, John, 1936-1989; McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
Collection Creator: Anacostia Community Museum

Place: Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.); Anacostia (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.); United States

Topic: African Americans; Poetry; Communities; Community museums; Museums and community; African American neighborhoods; Neighborhoods; Social history

Citation: Black Poetry Reading and A Look into Anacostia, A Look into the Past, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents: Two part program: reading of black poetry and panel discussion about Anacostia. Students from Federal City College read poems written by Countee Cullen, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. John Dale and Ethel Green talk about the history of Anacostia in a panel discussion titled A Look into Anacostia, A Look into the Past. John Kinard provides an introduction for the program.; Poetry reading and discussion. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. AV003436-2: part one. AV003436-1: part two. Poor sound quality. Undated.

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 acmarchives@si.edu.