DaWayne Brashear Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
DaWayne Brashear Oral History Interview: Date: August 4, 2016. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of 2016.129.12.1a and 2016.129.12.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
DaWayne Brashear was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Brashear donated several items related Carl Brashear’s career in the Navy, including his prosthetic leg, to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In this oral history DaWayne Brashear recounts his memories of growing up with his father, Chief Master Carl Brashear. His narrative includes descriptions of his father’s work as well as insightful details about their family life while their father doggedly pursued a career as a Master Diver in the face of discrimination, and even after he lost his leg.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: August 4, 2016
- Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of: DaWayne Brashear, American, born 1957
- Interviewed by: Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din, American
- Subject of: Chief Master Carl Maxie Brashear, American, 1931 - 2006
- Subject of: United States Navy, American, founded 1775
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.12.1a): 88.58 min.
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.12.2a): 88.08 min.
- Dimensions: 144.76 GB
- Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Fatherhood
- Topic: Military
- Topic: Museums
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Object number: 2016.129.12.1a-.2a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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