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News Reports: John Kinard on the Selection of D.C. Superintendent

Object Details

Creator: WRC-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.); WJLA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.); WMAL-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

Scope and Contents: News clips from News 4 Washington and On the Scene Newsfilm 7 (The Scene Tonight 7) about the controversy over the public's participation in the selection of the school superintendent for Washington, D.C. public schools. John Kinard, a member of the Citizen's Committee, charges the committee's involvement in the selection of the D.C. school superintendent was a fraud and explains the importance of citizen input in the selection of the superintendent. The News 4 Washington news report includes a response by Marion Barry, the D.C. School Board President, to Kinard's comments.; News program until 000654 (followed by The Magic Door with Louise Hutchinson; and Children Singing in Outdoor Concert). Part of Broadcast Programs. Dated 19731005.

Date: 1973

Extent: 1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)

Type: Archival materials; Video recordings; Television programs

Topic: African Americans; Schools; School superintendents; Politics and government

Place: Anacostia (Washington, D.C.); Washington (D.C.); United States

Citation: News Reports: John Kinard on the Selection of D.C. Superintendent, Record Group 09-037, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier: ACMA.09-037, Item ACMA AV003222

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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