Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton Oral History Interview

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An oral history interview and conversation with Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.5.1.1 and 2025.12.5.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.5.1.3, .mov file). Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton was interviewed by Harvard University student Elyse Martin-Smith on July 21, 2023, as part of the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The interview took place at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. At the time of the interview, Congresswoman Holmes Norton was 86 years old. This oral history interview with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton consists of two distinct sections: an “interview” section (part 1) and a “conversation” section (part 2, 00:39:49). In part 1, Congresswoman Holmes Norton discusses her upbringing in Washington, DC, and the city’s racial segregation.

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