Johnny Rincon Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Johnny Rincon. Rincon grew up in the Little Mexico area of Dallas and saw the Kennedy motorcade on Turtle Creek Boulevard. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 18, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-seven minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Johnny Rincon Oral History

Date:

03/18/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Motorcade

Turtle Creek Boulevard

Trip to Texas

Kennedy, John F.

Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

Dallas

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 27 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0033

Curatorial Note:

Six months after this oral history was recorded, Johnny Rincon was highlighted in a Dallas Morning News article as "one of the last remaining original residents" of the Dallas neighborhood formerly known as Little Mexico. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 8, 2024.