<I>Jeannine Smith Clark Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2018
name: label: Created by
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
label: Interview of
content: Jeannine Smith Clark, American, 1928 - 2018
label: Interviewed by
content: Kelly Elaine Navies, American
label: Recorded by
content: Kim Moir, American
label: Subject of
content: Smithsonian Institution, American, founded 1846
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Dunbar High School, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Howard University, American, founded 1867
label: Subject of
content: Anacostia Community Museum, American, founded 1967
label: Subject of
content: National Museum of Natural History, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: John Kinard, American, 1936 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Claudine K. Brown, American, 1949 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Asbury United Methodist Church, American, founded 1836
notes: label: Description
content: An oral history interview of Smithsonian volunteer and Regent Jeannine Smith Clark, conducted on August 7, 2018 by Kelly Elaine Navies. The interview consists of a single digital MOV video file.
label: Description
content: In this interview, Ms. Clark discusses her life and work in Washington, DC, as well as her storied family history. The first part of the interview covers her early family life and education in Washington, DC. Her family has been in Washington, DC at least since the early 19th century. Her parents were the activist and business couple John Archibald and Lorena Jackson Smith. Clark attended DC’s historically prestigious Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, and later Howard University, where she met her husband, Charles Howell Clark, MD. She describes their meeting in this interview.
label: Description
content: The second half of the of the interview covers her various roles at the Smithsonian from being one of the very first African American docents when she started in 1968 in the midst of the Poor People’s Campaign, to being the first African American woman appointed to the Board of Regents. She also discusses being the Chair of the Women’s Committee and a founding member of the Cultural Education Committee. Towards the end of the interview, Ms. Clark reflects on the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Finally, Ms. Clark was in failing health during the interview and knew that she would be leaving this life soon. She passed away one day before her 90 birthday on October 4, 2018.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Germany, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Museums
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Poor People's Campaign
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.109
objectType: label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 85 min. (5100 sec.)
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 7400 MB