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Title: Flier for screenings of the film Rock 'n' Roll High School at Jenifer Cinema I
Description: Flier for a screenings of the film Rock 'n' Roll High School at Jenifer Cinema I. The flier includes a black and white version of the illustrated movie poster and lists the members of the Ramones in the top left hand corner. The flier advertises 'late shows' and Dolby Stereo sound and includes the contact information and address of the theater. The flier is printed on light yellow paper., The film was released in August 24, 1979

Title: Craig Simpson
Description: Please note this interview was recorded over a telephone call. Craig Simpson reflects on his life as a labor organizer, with special attention to the 1978 Metro Strike and the nearly three decades working with the labor movement as an employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Craig remembers the events between 1974 and 1978 that led to the 1978 Metro wildcat strike in precise detail. While the previous generation of bus drivers was entirely white men, the generation that led the strike was majority Black and included an increasing number of women. Craig speaks about how different generations of drivers came together for the strike. He also talks about his own early political development. While in high school he participated in demonstrations against the war in Vietnam and was active in support of a teachers strike. After working at WMATA, Craig worked for a number of labor unions and progressive organizations. Today he continues support labor struggles in various ways., Craig Simpson was born in Glenmont, Maryland. His family moved to White Oak, Maryland when he was 10 years old. He graduated from Springbrook High School in 1969. He started his activism in high school, at which time he attended Anti-Vietnam War rallies and supported a teachers strike. Craig attended University of Maryland and left during his junior year to peruse full time employment. He joined Metrobus in 1974, soon after he joined, he participated in his first wildcat strike. For the decades that followed Craig remained active in the union, organizing.

Title: James Daniels
Description: Please note this interview was recorded over a telephone call. In this oral history, James Daniels reflects on his time working at WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) and his work with the labor movement while at WMATA and beyond. He also speaks about his time growing up in South Carolina, where he lived until he was 12. The part of South Carolina he is from was still dependent on the cotton economy, and as a young child he picked cotton on a plantation. He remembers the fear that the Ku Klux Klan struck into his family and how that limited their political involvement. He talks about his excitement to move to Washington, D.C., away from a life that seemed to have no opportunities. In high school he was influenced by the Civil Rights, and Black Power movements and joined a Black Studies reading group. He already remembers marching with people from his neighborhood into white areas of town and being received with a high degree of curiosity., James Daniels was born in rural South Carolina and moved to Washington, D.C. when he was 12 years old. He took part in the Civil Rights Movement and Black Studies groups while in high school. In the 1970s he became a bus operator as WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority).

Title: Mike Golash
Description: In this oral history Michael Golash talks about how his early life influenced his decision to take a leadership role in the 1978 Metro wildcat strike and the ways that the strike played a central role in many of his future decisions. First, Golash speaks about growing up in Albany, New York where observing the city's party-machine helped to formulate his early ideas about politics. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was another key point in his political development. Golash's politics and life path, were solidified while he was a graduate student at Columbia University, where he took part in the 1968 student strike and participated in organizing efforts in New York's garment district. Convinced that only proletariat revolution would bring true respite to the majority of the earth's people, Golash quit his PhD program in chemical engineering and moved to Washington, D.C. at the suggestion of the communist Progressive Labor Party. Renting his first apartment on Columbia Road, Golash worked a series of working-class jobs before taking an exam to become a bus driver in 1976. Golash reflects on the decisions and strategies that led to the strike that shutdown the Metrobus system for nearly seven days in 1978. He then discusses how these actions led to unprecedented benefits for bus drivers and decades of good contracts negotiated with management always fearing a repeat of the strike. He also talks about other campaigns within Metro, such as his largely successful efforts to encourage bus drivers to not enforce fair collection. Now in his late 70s, Golash speaks about his continued involvement with the Progressive Labor Party, why he thinks their brand of Marxism in increasingly relevant in today's world, and why everyone should join the party., Michael Golash was born in Albany, New York where he formed his early political conscious observing the city's political machine. In 1965 he began graduate study at Columbia University, where he got involved in the social movements that were sweeping the country at that time. It was then that he decided to drop out of his graduate program in chemical engineering and dedicate his life to organizing workers. In 1978, he had only been driving busses in Washington, D.C. for two years when he helped to lead a strike that shut down the Metrobus system for 7 days and won the drivers a strong contract. In the decades since he has remained a strong advocate for labor rights, taking on various roles in the Metro union. Retiring from driving buses in 2010, he continued to agitate for workers' rights and communism, again taking an important role in supporting the 2019 Cinder Bed Road bus drivers' strike. Michael Golash continues to live in 16th Street Heights with his wife Deidre. They often play host to their grandchildren in their home near Rock Creek Park.

Title: Ron Majors
Description: Ron Majors reflects on his decades working as a bus operator for WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) and the importance of the union for strengthening the rights of workers. Though he joined Metro in 1980, two years after the 1978 Metro wildcat strike, he saw evidence of the strike's lasting legacy regarding labor militancy all around him. Ron talks about what it meant to always be 'strike ready' and how this affected labor relations. He also speaks about his Catholic upbringing as well as his time in the labor movement affected his world view. He also speaks about why he believes that it continues to be important for workers to stand up for each other's rights. Throughout the interview, Ron's love of the Petworth neighborhood and pride in his role as a bus operator and in the union are evident., Ron Majors is a native Washingtonian who grew-up in the Petworth neighborhood. He served in the U.S. Navy and worked at the Department of Energy before joining Metro in 1980. During his time at Metro he was active in the Metro union. His labor activism went beyond just Metro, as he worked in solidarity with workers around the city to achieve better conditions. In 1992 he was Metro employee of the year. Ron is retired and continues to live in the Petworth neighborhood.

Title: Steve Nelson
Description: In this interview, Steve Nelson discusses how his family saved money to purchase a house in Riggs Park during the period of white flight from the neighborhood. Nelson recalls his experiences in the DC Public School system, including LaSalle Elementary and Bell Vocational High School. Nelson also recounts a crime resulting in the death of his brother, and how the neighborhood continues to evolve., Clyde Steve Nelson was born in 1960 in Washington, D.C. Soon after, his parents bought a house in Riggs Park during the period of white flight. Nelson's mother worked as a budget analyst for the Department of Navy and his father was a chauffeur for the Civil Service Commission. Nelson had two brothers, David and Mark, and a sister. As an adult, he worked as an electrician for DC Public Schools and as a long haul truck driver.

Title: DC Oral History Collaborative

Title: Properties of the Chevy Chase Land Company
Description: Shows properties of the Chevy Chase Land Company in the northwest quadrant of the District of Columbia and the city of Chevy Chase, Maryland. Includes description of properties and location. Advertisement for R.O. Holtzman, real estate and insurance broker on verso., Mounted on fabric; From Alexander Dwight Anderson's Greater Washington, the nation's city viewed from the material standpoint ∩┐╜, Hartman and Cadick, 1897; Title supplied by cataloger

Title: Cosby Hunt session 1
Description: This is the first session of a life history interview with Cosby Hunt, a career educator, native Washingtonian, and creator of Real World History at the Center for Inspired Teaching. In this interview Cosby Hunt reflects on this his family background, his parent’s lives, and his early life in Washington, D.C., in the 1970s and 1980s., Isaac Cosby Hunt III (b. 12/11/1971) is a high school history teacher in Washington, D.C., and a native Washingtonian. Cosby is the only child of Isaac Cosby Hunt Jr. and Elizabeth Dollie Ravenell Hunt. Cosby grew up in the Hawthorne neighborhood of D.C. and attended Lafayette Elementary School and St. Albans School before graduating from University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Upon completing his undergraduate degree, Cosby began his teaching career by joining Teach for America in 1993. After teaching social studies in Hancock County, Georgia, for two years, Cosby enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Georgia and earned his master's in education. Upon graduating from UGA, Cosby returned to Washington, D.C., to become a public school teacher and taught at Bell Multicultural High School (now CHEC - Columbia Heights Education Campus). Cosby taught at Bell for thirteen years before joining Center for Inspired Teaching in the summer of 2010. After three years of working with D.C. high school teachers through Center for Inspired Teaching, Cosby developed and piloted the Real World History program, an after-school, honors history course available to high school students in D.C. Public Schools, in the fall of 2014. In SY 2019-2020, Cosby returned to full-time teaching and began working at Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School in Anacostia. Cosby earned his National Board Certification in 2006 and has received many awards throughout his teaching career, including District of Columbia History Teacher of the Year in 2008 and National History Day Teacher of the Year in 2019.

Title: View of an empty newsroom at Fox 5 D.C.
Description: View of an empty newsroom at Fox 5 DC.

Title: Bill Johnson
Description: Bill Johnson reflects on his life as an active lay member of Asbury United Methodist Church, and his years of service with the Washington, D.C. government. He moved from working in the post office to serving in Mayor Marion Barry's cabinet, rapidly climbing the ladder from a G5 to G18 level employee. He discusses the integration of the D.C. government. Johnson highlights his involvement in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the relationship between the civil rights movement and changes in DC. Asbury United Methodist Church, where he served in several positions, including, 38 years as an usher, has been a central point of his life in the city for decades. In his interview he reflects on working for the church, his concerns about the Church's future, and ideas about how to engage millennials and people who have recently arrived in Washington, D.C., Bill Johnson is a retired public servant, who served in the Mayor's cabinet under Mayor Marion Barry. He grew up in Kentucky and attended the Hampton Institute. He then served in the military, before moving to Washington, D.C. where he build his career in public service. He has been a lay parishioner at Asbury United Methodist Church since 1977, during which time he has made various contributions to the church's development.

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