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Posted by: Stephanie Hall
Members of the Washington, D.C. Youth Slam Team of Split This Rock performed poems inspired by recordings, photographs and field notes from the American Folklife Center archives on June 08, 2019 in an event co-sponsord by the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center. The video of these remarkable young poets is now available. This …
Posted in: African Americans, Poetry
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
Flashbulb memories are those vivid, autobiographical memories that form when we learn of a particularly surprising, traumatic or impactful event. These kinds of memories burrow themselves deep into our memory banks, and often remain dormant until triggered to resurface. An image. A sound. A scent. Anything, really, can be the catalyst that sets the wheels …
Posted in: African Americans, Civil Rights, Cultural Heritage, Freedom Struggle, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, Volunteer
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
She had already made it five years past the century mark when she finally sat down to share her story for the Veterans History Project (VHP) in 2002. Less than six weeks later, she was gone. Alice Leona Mikel Duffield was a beater of odds. A trailblazer. A go-getter. A caring soul. I’d say that …
Posted in: African Americans, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War I
Posted by: Guha Shankar
As African American History Month concludes in 2020, the AFC is proud to announce the culmination of the Civil Rights History Project (CRHP) with the online release of the last batch of the 145 video interviews recorded with veteran activists for the collection. All the interviews are available on the Civil Rights History Project page, at …
Posted in: AFC Events, African American History, African Americans, Archival Practice, Black Panther Party, Chicano/a, Civil Rights, Civil Rights History Project, Freedom Struggle, Freedom Stuggle, Freedom Summer 1964, Narratives, Oral History, Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, SNCC, Story Map, teachers, Teaching, Women's History
Posted by: Guha Shankar
I wish I knew how It would feel to be free I wish I could break All the chains holding me I wish I could say All the things that I should say Say ’em loud, say ’em clear For the whole round world to hear Nina Simone, I Wish I Knew How It Would …
Posted in: 1965, African American History, African Americans, Civil Rights, Civil Rights History Project, Freedom Struggle, Freedom Summer 1964, Glen Pearcy Collection, Oral History, Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, SNCC, Story Map, Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Winick
It’s almost Halloween, and therefore time for spooky stories here at Folklife Today! Witches are, of course, a big part of American Halloween, and the witch is one of the most popular characters featured in costumes and decorations. These range from the standard image of a woman with a pointy hat and a broom, to …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Halloween, Halloween Stories
Posted by: Megan Harris
Earlier this week, the Veterans History Project (VHP) launched a new online exhibit to highlight the stories of veteran “changemakers.” You might be asking yourself, who or what is a changemaker, exactly, and why are we focusing on them? In early 2019, the Library of Congress launched a year-long initiative to explore the stories of …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Asian American History, Native American History, Oral History, Persian Gulf War, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by 2019 Junior Fellows Kim Windham and Patricia Glaser, who worked with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. As a community-driven archive where all veterans’ histories are valued, the Veterans History Project (VHP) has collected more than 110,000 veterans’ narratives of their time in service. All of these collections …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Oral History, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by Patricia Glaser, a Junior Fellow working with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. They told us to be careful with our equipment and our clothing when we went to bed that night– be sure to fasten the mosquito netting. Not only to keep out the mosquitos but …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Veterans History Project, World War II