Anacostia Unmapped

Anacostia Unmapped
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Collaborative radio project between residents, Katie Davis, @WAMU885 @AIRmedia & @WeActRadio about the forgotten bottom of DC

  1. Brave Heart: Friends Remember Marion Christopher Barry

    08/22/2016

    Brave Heart: Friends Remember Marion Christopher Barry

    The death of Christopher Barry came unexpectedly. He was the only child of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry and Effi Barry and had eulogized both of his parents. A group of friends gathered at We Act Radio in Anacostia to share memories; many that did not make it into many media stories of his death. Thanks to Kymone Freeman for sharing these powerful words.

    7 min
  2. A Tapestry Of The Good, The Bad And The Getting Better

    08/10/2016

    A Tapestry Of The Good, The Bad And The Getting Better

    Troy Donte Prestwood (pictured) has lived in all corners of the District, but for the last nine years he’s called Anacostia home. Today he represents the neighborhood in local government as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner. And he says Anacostia is definitely unlike other parts of the city: The river has a different rhythm, and the neighborhood marches to a different beat. He speaks with Anacostia Unmapped contributor John Johnson about the changes he is seeing.

    7 min
  3. Love For A Landmark

    08/04/2016

    Love For A Landmark

    Most Anacostia residents know the power and fame associated with the home of Frederick Douglass. A few even remember the period between the famous abolitionist's death and the property's designation as a national historic site — the years when the community, including a Cub Scout troop, took care of things. Jason Fuller talks with two longtime residents, Sandy Allen and Arrington Dixon, about their memories.

    4 min
  4. Does Art Have A Color?

    07/28/2016

    Does Art Have A Color?

    Spend time in Anacostia, and the G-word often comes up: gentrification. It's the "most loaded word in the English language," says Adele Robey, founder of Anacostia Playhouse on Shannon Place SE. She talks with Anacostia Unmapped contributor John Johnson about being "the resident white woman" in neighborhood conversations about arts and development, and what it's like to run a theater in a community that scrutinizes every development project for its potential to displace people. (Robey herself is performing in a show, Riches, at the theater through early August.)

    7 min
  5. Imagination on Pavement

    07/22/2016

    Imagination on Pavement

    A night at the legendary basketball court in Barry Farms, Washington D.C.

    4 min
  6. Living with a Death in Anacostia: Beverly Smith's Son

    07/13/2016

    Living with a Death in Anacostia: Beverly Smith's Son

    As the country tries to make sense of this weeks violence, we are reminded that a mother who loses her son must take on a long fight to find out what happened to him. The story of Beverly Smith and her son Alonzo Smith, who was killed by special police in Anacostia. Interview by Kymone Freeman. Photo by Brandon Gatling.

    8 min
  7. Family Dinner

    07/06/2016

    Family Dinner

    Neighborhoods in Washington are constantly shifting, and Anacostia finds itself in the midst of one such change. So let’s start today with the Great Migration, when tens of thousands of African Americans left the South and many stopped right here in Washington D.C. Charlene Butler Rutger’s family was one of many shaped by that migration. Her grandfather came and then almost all of his brothers and sisters followed him to Anacostia. Anacostia Unmapped contributor John Johnson talks with her about how social networks — and family dinner in particular — grounds them in tradition. Photograph by Brandon Gatling.

    7 min
  8. The Pearl

    06/29/2016

    The Pearl

    This map was never drawn. It had to be memorized. It led the way through early Washington City, where buildings we all know — like the Capitol and the Smithsonian "castle" — were only halfway built. The map led to freedom, to a schooner called The Pearl. It was the escape plan of slaves. Anacostia Unmapped contributor John Johnson has the story. Photo: "Male adult slave escaping by way of a river" via The New York Public Library Digital Collections

    4 min
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Collaborative radio project between residents, Katie Davis, @WAMU885 @AIRmedia & @WeActRadio about the forgotten bottom of DC

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