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Duke Ellington School of the Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Audio cassettes and ephemera, circa 1960s - circa 1990s, bulk: 1980 - 1986

 Series
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

This series contains audio cassettes and a t-shirt related to the Witness To A Possibility (WTAP) project to document the Black Theater movement in Washington, D.C.

Dates: circa 1960s - circa 1990s; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1986

Papers, circa 1960s - circa 1990s

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series contains posters, correspondence, and publications related to the Witness To A Possibility (WTAP) project to document the Black Theater movement in Washington, D.C.

Dates: circa 1960s - circa 1990s

Witness to a Possibility (WTAP): Black Theater Movement in Washington, DC

 Collection
Identifier: MS2345
Abstract This collection contains audio cassettes, posters, correspondence, and publications related to the Witness To A Possibility (WTAP) project to document the Black Theater movement that took place in Washington, D.C., between 1968 and 1976. The Witness to a Possibility project was carried out in the 1980s by Howard University Professor Vera J. Katz and her former student, Taquiena Boston. The two worked together to collect documents and to conduct oral histories with many of the writers,...
Dates: circa 1960s - circa 1990s; Majority of material found within 1980-1986