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Audrey Brown PhD Dissertation: Interview with Sandra Lewis

Object Details

Creator
Brown, Audrey
American University (Washington, D.C.)
Scope and Contents
Interviewed in her home in Washington, D.C., Sandra Lewis spoke about her early life, family, and education as well as the individuals who most influenced her. She explained how she identifies herself. Lewis expressed her thoughts on ethnicity and how ethnic identification affected her life; her thoughts on black community, empowerment, independence, and self-determination; and her thoughts on identifying the black community as one group or many different groups. She stated groups/affiliations she belongs to/activities she is involved in, any social activism work, and how she stays in touch with African Americans and the African American community, including publications, websites, other communication/media, conferences, and celebrations/events. She explained how emphasizing African descent in one's appearance relate to social change in America. Lewis talked about the accuracy of African American history and how African American people, particularly African American women, are portrayed. She explained how knowing history influences what is happening now and in the future; where women fit in in terms of passing on history; and what African American women can accomplish personally in their everyday lives to affect change. Lewis described what she would change, what she would build, and what she would eliminate with unlimited power and/or resources.
Interview. Part of Audrey Brown PhD Dissertation Interviews 1997-1998. Dated 19980616.
Date
1998
Extent
1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Interviews
Topic
African Americans
African American women
Women
Ethnicity
Communities
Social action
Social change
Political science
African American political activists
Activists
African American history
Place
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Citation
Audrey Brown PhD Dissertation: Interview with Sandra Lewis, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier
ACMA.09-016, Item ACMA AV000155_A
Local Numbers
ACMA AV000155_B
General
Title created by ACM staff based on project name and interviewee's name transcribed from physical asset.

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  • Audrey Brown PhD Dissertation Interviews
    Scope and Contents note
    This is a collection of original audio interviews conducted by Audrey Brown for her 1999 Ph.D. dissertation at American University entitled "Imagining a Nation: Late Twentieth Century African American Women's Participation in cultural Politics and Transformative Social Action."
    Biographical / Historical
    Audrey Brown PhD Dissertation Interviews 1997-1998 is a collection of original audio interviews conducted by Audrey Brown for her 1999 Ph.D. dissertation at American University entitled "Imagining a Nation: Late Twentieth Century African American Women's Participation in Cultural Politics and Transformative Social Action."
    Date
    1997-1998
    bulk 1998-1998
    Extent
    0.5 Linear feet (2 boxes)
    57 Sound recordings (57 audio cassette sound recordings)
    Citation
    Audrey Brown PhD Dissertation Interviews, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
    Type
    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Sound recordings
    Topic
    Political science
    Activism
    African American women
    African Americans
    Identifier
    ACMA.09-016
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