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This audio experience takes listeners on a thought-provoking journey through the triumphs, challenges, and achievements of some of our country’s most righteous Black men. Themes are made more personal by the voices and testimony of DC community members in the Deanwood neighborhood and Ron Brown High School students. Start at any one of 8 tour stops, but to follow our guided path, start at Ron Brown High School. Ron Brown High School students, teachers, and Deanwood community members featured: Christian Johnson (narrator), Paris Lewis, Azael Banyan, Mekhi Turner, Travis Bouldin, David Smith Sr., David Smith Jr., Ean Bowie, Lawrence Jackson. Heartfelt thanks to the Deanwood community! Created by Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum. Editing by Better Lemon Creative Audio. The presentation of Men of Change: Taking it to the Streets is organized by the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). It’s based on the SITES traveling exhibition Men of Change: Power: Triumph. Truth. which was made possible through the generous support of the Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. Men of Change: Taking it to the Streets is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. Media sponsorship is provided by the Washington Informer Newspaper. For more information, see: http://s.si.edu/MOCDC

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum


    • Feb 15, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 3m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    08 Deanwood Men of Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 3:20


    Stop 8: Deanwood Men of Change Our roots run deep.

    07 Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 3:58


    Stop 7: Community. Represent!

    06 Storytelling

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 2:50


    Stop 6: Storytelling. We own our own stories.  

    05 Loving

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 3:12


    Stop 5: Loving. Drawing power from love of Black people and Black identity.  

    04 Fathering

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 2:18


    Stop 4: Fathering. A father is an opening.

    03 Catalysts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 3:13


    Stop 3: Catalysts The spark. The Alpha. The OG.

    02 Imagining

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 3:11


    Stop 2: Imagining. Freedom of imagination is the soul of invention.

    01 Myth-Breakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 4:11


    Stop 1: Myth Breakers. We are the definition of truth.

    00 Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 2:15


    Welcome to Men of Change. Why is this exhibition about Black men important? Christian Johnson, alumni of Ron Brown High School, explains.

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