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Title: Anne Bouie Interview, October 20, 2020
Date: October 20, 2020
Creator: Dr. Anne Bouie; Joy Pierce
Description: Dr. Bouie is a Black artist currently living in Washington, D.C. She previously worked as a teacher and spent several years creating educational programing for inner city schools. She discusses her life from childhood, early education, later experiences in college and graduate school. Then, she talks about her experiences as a Black educator serving inner city students and her transition into being an artist. Finally, she shares her thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement and the role of art and spirituality in sustaining social movements. The interview was conducted remotely through the podcasting program Zencastr and we experienced some technical difficulties.
Subject: Washington, DC; Black Lives Matter; Art; Education; Artist; Columbia Heights, DC; Spirituality; University of California Riverside
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2616
Rights statement: The copyright for this interview is retained by the D. C. Public Library and Humanities Truck at American University.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Light In The Hills"
Description: Written by Margaret Lewerth adn stars Agnes Moorhead. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Features John McIntyre, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone, Jeanette Nolan, Kingsley Coulton, Ray Collins, Edward Jerome. Bill Spargo, Bud Collyer, anncrs. The story of Martha Berry and her struggles to establish her school in Georgia for the free education and the training of poor children and young men and women of the South.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Education; Berry, Martha, 1866-1942
Local Identifier: program_no:202
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101698
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Schoolhouse at the Front"
Description: Written by Frank Gabrielson and stars George Tobias. Music by Don Voorhees. Produced by Homer Fickett. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of the Special Training Units set up in service camps to teach the illiterate the rudimentary elements of education.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Education
Local Identifier: program_no:340
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101839
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Chamorro And Cuadra Speak With Media In Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1981-11-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Editor Pablo Antonio Cuadra, center, and Violeta Chamorro, left, speak with the media during an interview at La Prensa, the daily newspaper Chamorro and Cuadra directed in Managua, Nicaragua, November 1981. Chamorro was the director of La Prensa newspaper.
Subject: Education; Literacy; Press; Sandinista
Country: Nicaragua
Subject -- Personal Name: Pablo Antonio Cuadra; Violeta Chamorro
Local Identifier: nicaragua_nb_0009_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1981 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Chamorro Speaks With Media In Managua, Nicaragua
Date: 1981-11-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Violeta Chamorro speaks with the media during an interview at La Prensa, the daily newspaper she directed in Managua, Nicaragua, November 1981.
Subject: Education; Media; Press; Sandinista
Country: Nicaragua
Subject -- Personal Name: Violeta Chamorro
Local Identifier: nicaragua_nb_0008_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1981 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Maya Classroom In Comalapa, Guatemala
Date: 1982-02-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A classroom of young indigenous Maya girls listen to an instructor at an elementary school in Comalapa, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. The military regime following the 1954 coup had implemented literacy programs for the Maya population to assimilate them into the Spanish-speaking Ladino society. Spanish became the official language of Guatemala in 1965 with the new constitution. Bilingual education for the indigenous Maya served as a form of ethnocide, aiming to integrate the indigenous and Ladino populations at the expense of the Mayan languages. Conversely the Ladino Spanish-speaking population was not encouraged to be bilingual in a Mayan language.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Daily life; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Education
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0071_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96796
Rights statement: Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Maya Classroom In Comalapa, Guatemala
Date: 1982-02-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A classroom of young indigenous Maya girls listen to an instructor at an elementary school in Comalapa, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. The military regime following the 1954 coup had implemented literacy programs for the Maya population to assimilate them into the Spanish-speaking Ladino society. Spanish became the official language of Guatemala in 1965 with the new constitution. Bilingual education for the indigenous Maya served as a form of ethnocide, aiming to integrate the indigenous and Ladino populations at the expense of the Mayan languages. Conversely the Ladino Spanish-speaking population was not encouraged to be bilingual in a Mayan language.
Subject: Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Daily life; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Education
Country: Guatemala
Local Identifier: guatemala_nb_0062_web.tif
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96787
Rights statement: Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Nicaraguan Children Attend A Public School
Date: 1981-12-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Young Nicaraguans sing songs while attending a public school in Managua, Nicaragua, December 1981.
Subject: Education; Literacy; Poverty
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: nicaragua_nb_0005_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1981 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Nicaraguan Children Attend A Public School
Date: 1981-12-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Young Nicaraguans perform traditional dances while attending a public school in Managua, Nicaragua, December 1981.
Subject: Education; Literacy; Poverty
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: nicaragua_nb_0006_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1981 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Public School Education in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Date: 1985-07-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A student raises his hand during a class at a public school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1985. Literacy rates for Brazil was approximately 75% in 1985.
Subject: Population; Economy; Education
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_nb_0061_web.tif

Title: R. Delavan Mussey Scrapbook 1853-1882
Date: 1853-
Creator: Mussey, R. D. (Reuben Delevan), 1833-1892
Description: Newspaper and magazine articles and speeches covering a variety of topics including education, patriotism, and slavery.
Series: R. Delavan Mussey Scrapbook 1853-1882
Subject: Education; Slavery
Subject -- Personal Name: Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Local Identifier: RDMY
Other Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2041/56689
Type: Images; Scrapbooks
Physical Location: American University Library -- University Archives
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-56689
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this document is available from the American University -- Washington College of Law, Pence Law Library.

Title: School Meal Preparation In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 1985-07-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Women move cooked rice into pots as they prepare children's lunches at a public school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1985.
Subject: Nutrition; Education; Economy
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_nb_0025_web.tif

Title: Schoolchildren On Union Island
Date: 2012-03-10
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: School children stop for a picture on their way to school on Union Island March 10, 2012. Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines located in the Lesser Antilles area of the Caribbean Sea.
Subject: Economy; Education; Literacy
Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Local Identifier: union_island_nb_0012_web.tif

Title: Tim Davis Interview, November 18, 2020
Date: November 18, 2020
Creator: Tim Davis; Joy Pierce
Description: Tim Davis is a Black artist currently living in Northern Virginia and active in the D.C. arts scene. He is originally from the Chicago area but has spent the past few decades in the D.C. area. In addition to extensive work with public arts programing, he worked for a teacher for more than thirty years. He discusses his life from childhood, experiences in school with busing, observing the Civil Rights Movement, and his career history. Finally, he reflects on the role of art in social movements and the Black Lives Matter Movement in particular. He concludes by recounting some of his experiences at the protests during summer 2020. The interview was conducted remotely through the podcasting program Zencastr without issue.
Subject: Washington, D.C.; Black lives matter movement; Art; Education; Artists; Protest movements; Segregation; Busing for school integration; Civil Rights Movement; Chicago (Ill.); Chicagoland; Falls Church (Va.); Fairfax County Public Schools; Oakton High School; National Endowment for the Arts; Symmetry
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2610
Rights statement: The copyright for this interview is retained by the D. C. Public Library and Humanities Truck at American University.