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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0322--accs
  • Summary(00:21) Attending ‘Til Victory Is Won event at Brooklyn Public Library -- (01:14) Visit to The National Museum of African American History and Culture -- (01:56) Inspired to create a video project from the museum visit -- (02:30) Encountering challenges due to the emotional nature of work -- (02:48) Video project focusing on the various periods of African enslavement -- (03:19) Gap in 200 years of slavery that is not well documented -- (04:28) Independent research into the history of slavery -- (07:50) Emotional journey through working on the video project -- (09:24) Project is for the younger generation, and to motivate people to know more about their history -- (11:45) The abolition of slavery in the US -- (12:47) Raised by grandmother, who was born into the Jim Crow era -- (13:40) Hope for the new generation.
  • Date2020-01-08
  • Physical Description1 sound file (14 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorWilliams, Jennifer R.
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn HistoryOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on January 8, 2020, by Lina Chang at the Central Library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectAfrican Americans--History ; Black history ; Slavery ; American Slavery ; Slave Narratives ; Jim Crow, 1890-1976 ; Education ; National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) ; Oppression ; Black youth ; Black history ; African Americans--History ; Equality ; Generations ; Libraries ; Trauma ; Emancipation Proclamation ; Abolition of slavery
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Jennifer R. Williams conducted on January 8, 2020.