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- Description:
- In this interview, Arlean Horton and Patrick Munnerlyn discuss the history of Africatown, the way the landscape and neighborhoods have changed over time, and the …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Horton, Arlean (interviewee)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- McNeil Tiffany (videographer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Munnerlyn, Patrick (interviewee)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Communal empowerment and growth
- Communal healthcare
- Employment access
- Environmental racism
- Family history
- Freedom
- Great Migration
- History as sanctuary
- Land Development
- Mobile (Ala.) History
- Public service access
- Self-sufficiency
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- 314_3578_AF
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- In this interview, Arlean Horton discusses her familial connection to Africatown, their efforts to support community growth, and the history of resistance to government neglect. …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Horton, Arlean (interviewee)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- McNeil Tiffany (videographer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Edwards, Rich
- Kidd, John
- International Paper Company
- Union Baptist Church
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Communal empowerment and growth
- Communal healthcare
- Employment access
- Environmental justice
- Environmental racism
- Family history
- Freedom
- Great Migration
- Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970
- History as sanctuary
- Mobile (Ala.) History
- Public service access
- Self-sufficiency
- Swimming
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- Arlean
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- In this interview, Brandon Hoyt discusses his self-concept of blackness, his attitude of interracialism and humanism, his community in Africatown as racially and economically segregated, …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Hoyt, Brandon (interviewee)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- McNeil Tiffany (videographer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Black pride
- COVID-19 (Disease)--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Economic segregation
- Freedom
- Humanism
- Music as freedom
- Oral history
- Segregation
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- Africatown_Hoyt_Brandon_voxpop_English_2022
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- In this interview, Emmett Lewis discusses community, his barbershop as a place of refuge, family legacy, the effects of capitalism, and freedom as a state …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Lewis, Emmett (interviewee)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- McNeil Tiffany (videographer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Lewis, Cudjo
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Barbershops
- Communal empowerment and growth
- Family history
- Freedom
- History as sanctuary
- Land development
- Self-sufficiency
- Traditions
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- 314_3524_AF
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- In this interview, Joe Womack discusses growing up in Africatown, environmental racism, and his views on freedom. Please be advised that this interview may contain …
- Year:
- 2023
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Womack, Joe (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- transcriptions (documents)
- Subject:
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Clotilda (Ship)
- Environmental justice
- Environmental racism
- Land development
- Traditions
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- P1099771_AF
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- In this interview, Mary C. Wright, Stephanie and Thurman B. Coats discuss the community of Mobile and their personal family history within the context of …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Bush, Joleigh (interviewee)
- Coats, Stephanie (interviewee)
- Coats, Thurman B. (interviewee)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Ruffin, Larry (interviewee)
- Wright, Mary C. (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Communal empowerment and growth
- Family history
- Freedom and freedom-making
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- P1099414
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- In this interview, Lorna Gail Woods discusses her work in the Whippets Den mini museum within the Mobile County Training School, her family history, and …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- McNeil Tiffany (videographer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Woods, Lorna Gail (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Lewis, Cudjo
- Mobile County Training School
- The Whippets Den
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Intergenerational knowledge
- Mobile (Ala.) History
- Quilting
- Tradition
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- Africatown_Woods_Lorna_interview_English_2022
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- In this interview, Nina Major discusses owning a store and the role it plays in a community experiencing violence and economic divestment. Please be advised …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Major, Nina (interviewee)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- McNeil Tiffany (videographer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Black business
- Corner stores
- Divestment
- Family
- Family violence
- Mobile (Ala.) History
- Mutual aid
- Spirituality
- Youth programming
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- P1099303
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown