The Anacostia Story: Narration

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Scope and Contents

An overview of the history of Anacostia from 1608 when Captain John Smith explored the region of the Chesapeake Bay and the Nacotchtank Indians to the establishment of small businesses, churches, and schools. Aspects included or discussed: first European settlers, slavery, tobacco, James Barry, establishment of Uniontown, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Congress Heights, establishment of Freedmen's Bureau, settlement of Barry Farms, Solomon G. Brown, community churches, small businesses and commercial enterprises, schools and public education, Frederick Douglass, opening of a bank in Anacostia, expansion of transportation and Suitland Parkway, fight for public services, and public housing.

Narration. Audio only. Related to exhibition 'The Anacostia Story.' Undated.

Date

circa 1977

Extent

1 Sound recording (audio cassette)

Type

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Topic

African Americans

Communities

Neighborhoods

African American neighborhoods

Slavery

African American churches

Schools

African American business enterprises

Small business

African American churches

Community development, Urban

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Barry Farms (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Culture

African American

Citation

The Anacostia Story: Narration, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier

ACMA.03-039, Item ACMA AV001360