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.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

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

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Dr. Enid Jones Oral History

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Dr. Enid Jones Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Enid Jones. Jones was a fourteen-year-old native of Kingston, Jamaica in 1963, and the Kennedy assassination shaped her opinion of the United States for many years. She attended graduate school at New York University in 1975 and recalls experiencing racism for the first time. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.

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Object title:

Dr. Enid Jones Oral History

Date:

06/28/2018

Terms:

Civil rights

Oral histories

Childhood

Racism

New York

Jamaica

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 41 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0074

Curatorial Note:

Dr. Jones visited the Museum in May 2018 and volunteered for an oral history to share her unique memories of the assassination as a teenager in Jamaica and how the tragedy impacted her view of the United States. We were pleased to record this interview the following month. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Dr. Enid Jones Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Enid Jones. Jones was a fourteen-year-old native of Kingston, Jamaica in 1963, and the Kennedy assassination shaped her opinion of the United States for many years. She attended graduate school at New York University in 1975 and recalls experiencing racism for the first time. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Dr. Enid Jones Oral History

Date:

06/28/2018

Terms:

Civil rights

Oral histories

Childhood

Racism

New York

Jamaica

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 41 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0074

Curatorial Note:

Dr. Jones visited the Museum in May 2018 and volunteered for an oral history to share her unique memories of the assassination as a teenager in Jamaica and how the tragedy impacted her view of the United States. We were pleased to record this interview the following month. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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