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Oral History: Gertrude “Trudy” Ensign
Intelligence analyst for the United States Army during World War II.
The Henry Louis Holmes Library, 1940-1949
Created by Arlington’s Black residents, to serve their community during segregation.
Oral History: Rayfield Barber
A lifetime at the center of Arlington’s airport history.
The Activists who Desegregated Arlington’s Movie Theaters
“The Price of a Ticket at the Cost of Your Conscience”
Oral History: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Arlington
In the days leading up to the March on Washington, civil rights activists from across the country, including Dr. King, stayed at Lomax Fellowship Hall in Green Valley.
WETA’s Arlington History: “It is the Programming that Counts”
An iconic institution, capturing and broadcasting the news for more than a half-century.
The Center for Local History (CLH) collects, preserves, and shares historical documents that tell the history of Arlington County, its citizens, organizations, businesses, and social issues.
