The Anacostia Community Museum exhibit, Twelve Years that Changed Washington. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian Institution
The Anacostia Community Museum exhibit opening for Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington was a bittersweet affair, held shortly after the passing of Head Curator Portia James in early December. Portia had worked at the Anacostia Community Museuem for over thirty years, guiding many exhibitions including this last.
Head Curator Portia James, pictured left, was honored at the entrance to the exhibit. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian Institution
The Anacostia Community Museum exhibit, Twelve Years that Changed Washington. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionArtist and printmaker Lou Stovall’s work graced the interior lobby and the Kinnard Gallery. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionThe Anacostia Community Museum exhibit, Twelve Years that Changed Washington. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionVintage radio broacasts include WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi show, still airing today on FM 88.5 Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionPlenty of contemporary photography illuminates the struggles of times. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionChuck Brown and DC Go Go music are familiar to most Washingtonians. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionMore illuminating were quieter events like the impact of urban planning and local historical events. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionThe development of the DC metro was not without displacement of communities. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionThe Anacostia Community Museum exhibit, Twelve Years that Changed Washington. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionRefashioning a federal city in DC explores home rule, racial demoghraphics, urban planning, and womens and LBGT rights. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionThe Anacostia Community Museum exhibit, Twelve Years that Changed Washington. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leader Stokely Carmichael, left, and H. Rap Brown, minister of justice for the Black Panthers. in a vintage photograph. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian InstitutionA signature image of community activist, Rufus “Catfish” Mayfield in 1967 and members of Youth Pride Inc. Mayfield employed over 900 youth to clean up the neighborhoods where they lived. Associated Press PhotoThe Anacostia Community Museum exhibit, Twelve Years that Changed Washington. Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian Institution
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I cannot wait to visit the exhibit. Everything is always done so well and they seem to keep getting better. Thank you for providing this incredible resource east of the river.
I cannot wait to visit the exhibit. Everything is always done so well and they seem to keep getting better. Thank you for providing this incredible resource east of the river.