Library of Congress
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Title
Library of Congress
Description
Primary source materials from the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress incorporated into lesson plans created by Folksources partners.
Collection Items
Image - "La Teacher" poster
Poster shows the smiling face of a teacher on a laptop computer screen. Behind her is a red globe of the world.
Interivew with Ruby Nell Sales conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 April 25
Video and text of Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier.
Photographic Image - Children playing hopscotch in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY
"New York, New York. Chinese-American girl playing hopscotch with American friends outside her home in Flatbush." August 1942.
Photographic Image - "Cloud Gate" stainless steel sculpture
Artist Anish Kapoor's"Cloud Gate" stainless steel sculpture at AT&T Plaza in Chicago
Photographic Image - Cambodian-American Heritage Dancers and Chum Ngek Ensemble
The Cambodian-American Heritage Dancers and Chum Ngek Ensemble perform at the Library of Congress in 2017. Photo by Stephen Winick.
Photographic Image - Iron Worker Union (IWU) Local #63 pin
Image and caption from Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker: Richard Rich Rowe, business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63 and unofficial iron worker historian, at IWU Local #63 Headquarters in Broadview, IL.
Photographic Image - Richard Rowe
Image and caption from Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker: An Iron Worker Union (IWU) Local #63 pin honoring work on the Chicago "bean" [Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate" sculpture] in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. Many members…
Interview Excerpt - Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker
Audio clip and text of interview with Richard Rowe, a business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63, who discusses his background, his entrance into the iron working trade, his involvement in the IWU, labor history, and the current state of…
Interview Excerpt - "Were you aware of what started this riot? "
Video and text from interview with Joe Burns, O.G. Clark, Mrs. G.E. Jackson for the National Visionary Leadership Project discussing the events leading up to and early communication during the destruction of the Greenwood neighborhood during the 1921…
Interview Excerpt - "What started this riot"
Video and text from interview with Kenny Booker and John Alexander for the National Visionary Leadership Project discussing the rumor surrounding the events leading up to the destruction of the Greenwood neighborhood during the 1921 Tulsa Race…