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Jennifer Lawson Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Jennifer Lawson. A former PBS programming executive, Lawson grew up near Birmingham, Alabama, and was first arrested during a civil rights march in May 1963. She eventually left Tuskegee University to become a full-time field secretary for the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. Working in Lowndes County, Alabama, Lawson helped create a series of comic books and billboards to promote voter education in 1966. Interview conducted over Zoom on November 8, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 34 minutes long.
Jennifer Lawson Oral History
11/08/2021
Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
Duration: 94 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2021.001.0103
This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement: Jennifer Lawson - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Jennifer Lawson Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Jennifer Lawson. A former PBS programming executive, Lawson grew up near Birmingham, Alabama, and was first arrested during a civil rights march in May 1963. She eventually left Tuskegee University to become a full-time field secretary for the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. Working in Lowndes County, Alabama, Lawson helped create a series of comic books and billboards to promote voter education in 1966. Interview conducted over Zoom on November 8, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 34 minutes long.
Jennifer Lawson Oral History
11/08/2021
Interviews
Civil rights
Oral histories
Protests
Student
Arrest
Voting
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Dallas
Birmingham
Alabama
Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
Duration: 94 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2021.001.0103
This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement: Jennifer Lawson - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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