EventsWomen's History Month Virtual Film Screening

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Women's History Month Virtual Film Screening

All Day

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In honor of Women’s History Month, the African American Museum and Library at Oakland will present a Virtual Film Screening honoring these extraordinary ladies from the Archives:

Geraldyne Washington

Geraldyne Washington discusses growing up in Oakland in the 1940s, dance, the housing crisis in West Oakland during World War II, tensions between Californians and emigrants from the South, Slim Jenkins, and the music scene in Oakland.

https://archive.org/details/caolaam_000110


Ernestine Reems

Bishop Ernestine Reems discusses her family's migration from Oklahoma to Richmond, California in the 1960s and her ministry in East Oakland.

https://archive.org/details/caolaam_000097


Patricia Scott-Brooks and Jenee Scott

Patricia Scott-Brooks and Jenee Scott discuss growing up in North Oakland, their parents' barbershop business, and the discrimination they faced in business.

https://archive.org/details/caolaam_000109/caolaam_000109_t01_access.HD.mov

Please feel free to view the oral histories throughout the month of March 2022.

Program:
AAMLO Event
Suitable for:
Adults
Teens
Seniors
Type:
Oakland History Center
Language:
English

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