Anita Martinez Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Anita Martinez. A longtime Dallas community leader, Martinez was the first Mexican American member of the Dallas city council (1969-73). She then spent three years doing international evaluations for the Peace Corps. Martinez observed the Kennedy motorcade on Harwood Street on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 25, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-eight minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Anita Martinez Oral History

Date:

02/25/2016

Terms:

Oral histories

Motorcade

Harwood Street

Peace Corps

Dallas City Council

Dallas

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Peace Corps (OHC)

Chicano History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 38 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2016.001.0040

Curatorial Note:

A month prior to the oral history, Ms. Martinez participated in a program at the 2016 Legacies Dallas History Conference at Fair Park. The Museum recorded this program as part of the Oral History Collection, and it may be viewed in full here on our YouTube channel: Legacies 2016: A Conversation with Anita Martinez - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Curator