Black Perspective Series: Hassan Jeru-Ahmed
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Scope and Contents
- Hassan Jeru-Ahmed provides an overview of the political and social structures of the community and the United States. Jeru-Ahmed talks about black political activities, including fighting for full citizenship and voting rights in Washington, D.C. and the United States. He also talks about organizing the Blackman's Development Center and Blackman's Volunteer Army of Liberation; starting a drug program; and opening a sickle cell anemia center. He stresses the importance of organizing by black people of all ages. Zora Martin-Felton introduces Hassan Jeru-Ahmed.
- Lecture. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Dated 19720229.
- Date
- 1972
- Extent
- 1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Lectures
- Topic
- African Americans
- Communities
- Race
- United States -- Politics and government
- Drugs
- Medical care
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Citation
- Black Perspective Series: Hassan Jeru-Ahmed, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Identifier
- ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003551
- General
- Title transcribed from physical asset.
Related Content
1 result(s)-
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
- Scope and Contents note
- This collection contains video and audio recordings of events, talks, and ceremonies hosted at or by the Anacostia Community Museum. It also contains audiovisual PR materials for the museum and its events. The collection includes recordings of a wide array of events, including the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum, award and dedication ceremonies, and documentation of on- and off-site events and talks, such as recordings of lectures and sermons delivered by founding Museum Director John Kinard.
- Date
- 1967-1989
- Extent
- 12 Linear feet
- 392 Sound recordings (50 open reel 1/4" sound recordings ; 5 microcassette sound recordings ; 337 audio cassette sound recordings)
- 266 Video recordings (1 Super 8 film reel ; 152 open reel 1/2" video recordings ; 3 U-matic 3/4" video recordings ; 110 VHS 1/2" video recordings)
- Citation
- Anacostia Community Museum Programs and Projects, 1967-1989, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Video recordings
- Museum records
- Topic
- African Americans
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Identifier
- ACMA.09-023
- General
- Many of the video recordings originally recorded onto 1/2" open reel were transferred to VHS in 1990.