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Alex Haley Lecture for the Doubleday Lecture Series

Object Details

Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Scope and Contents
Author Alex Haley is a speaker for the Frank N. Doubleday Lecture Series; the theme of the lecture series is education in the real world. Haley speaks of researching and writing about his genealogical roots for his book, Roots, using oral history and archival materials, including those at the National Archives. He talks about traveling to Gambia and learning about the history of Kinte clan from a griot, a West African historian who is a repository of oral history for a particular African clan. Haley also speaks of black heritage and African heritage; his life in the coast guard and as a freelance writer; and his family as he was growing up.
Lecture. Part of Broadcast Programs. Undated.
Date
circa 1976
Extent
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Lectures
Topic
African Americans
Family
African American families
Blacks -- History
Oral history
Slavery
Slave trade
Place
Africa
Africa, West
Gambia
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Citation
Alex Haley Lecture for the Doubleday Lecture Series, Record Group 09-037, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier
ACMA.09-037, Item ACMA AV003652
General
Title created by ACMA based on transcription from physical asset and contents of recording.

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  • Broadcast Programs
    Scope and Contents
    This collection includes news programs, television shows, and music recorded from local and national radio and television broadcasts as well as prerecorded programs, such as The Negro Texans and Alex Haley Lecture for the Doubleday Lecture Series. Anacostia Community Museum does not hold the copyright of the broadcast programs and prerecorded programs in this collection. Content includes news coverage of Anacostia and Washington, DC events; announcements about and coverage of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum events; broadcasts of Martin Luther King, Jr's speeches; interviews with civil right leaders; and short documentaries.
    Date
    circa 1970s
    Extent
    14 Video recordings (open reel, 1/2 inch)
    15 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)
    Citation
    Broadcast Programs, Record Group 09-037, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
    Type
    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Video recordings
    Sound recordings
    Topic
    Community museums
    Civil rights leaders
    Place
    Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
    Washington (D.C.)
    United States
    Identifier
    ACMA.09-037
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