Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Michael Okon Oral History

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Michael Okon Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Michael Okon. A senior at Hillcrest High School in Dallas in 1963, Okon skipped a geometry test and went with a friend to watch the Kennedy motorcade as it left Dallas Love Field.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 25, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-four minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Michael Okon Oral History

Date:

04/25/2006

Terms:

Student

Motorcade

Oral histories

Okon, Michael

Love Field

Dallas

Love Field Airport (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

44 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.001.0022

Curatorial Note:

This interview was particularly meaningful to me since Michael Okon is my uncle. Ironically, I did not know he saw the Kennedy motorcade on November 22, 1963, until at least two years into my employment at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. It then took more than a year to convince him to participate in this archival project. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

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Michael Okon Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Michael Okon. A senior at Hillcrest High School in Dallas in 1963, Okon skipped a geometry test and went with a friend to watch the Kennedy motorcade as it left Dallas Love Field.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 25, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-four minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Michael Okon Oral History

Date:

04/25/2006

Terms:

Student

Motorcade

Oral histories

Okon, Michael

Love Field

Dallas

Love Field Airport (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

44 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.001.0022

Curatorial Note:

This interview was particularly meaningful to me since Michael Okon is my uncle. Ironically, I did not know he saw the Kennedy motorcade on November 22, 1963, until at least two years into my employment at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. It then took more than a year to convince him to participate in this archival project. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

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