Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds

Object Details

Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Scope and Contents
In this documentary, profiles of prominent Black Women provide an overview of the roles and contributions of Black Women in the course of historic and human events. Lucy Terry Prince, Phillis Wheatley, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, Mary S. Kelsey Peake, Charlotte Forten [Grimke], Ida B. Wells Barnett, Rosa Parks, Laura Wheeler Waring, Lois Mailou Jones, Sarah Parker Remond, Jeanne Spurlock, Julia Pearl Hughes [Coleman], Maggie Lena Walker, Dorothy Bolden, Madame C. J. Walker, Abbie Mitchell, Florence Mills, Ruby Dee, Eunice Hunton Carter, Constance Baker Motley, Shirley Chisholm, and Barbara Jordan are among the many Black Women profiled.
Documentary film. Related to exhibition 'Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds.' Undated.
Date
1986
Extent
1 Video recording (U-matic, 3/4")
Type
Archival materials
Video recordings
Topic
African Americans
African American women
Women
Place
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Citation
Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier
ACMA.03-028, Item ACMA AV000852
General
Title transcribed from contents of recording and physical asset.
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