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Miguel Solis Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Miguel Solis. Born more than twelve years after the Kennedy assassination, Solis is co-founder of the Latino Center for Leadership Development in Dallas and was the youngest member and board president ever elected to the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees. His public service and community activism were inspired in part by the legacies of John and Robert Kennedy. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 29, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Miguel Solis Oral History

Date:

06/29/2018

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 58 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0075

Curatorial Note:

Miguel Solis represented District 8 as a member of the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees from 2013 to 2020. In 2019, he ran for mayor of Dallas but lost to former Texas state representative Eric Johnson. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Another co-founder of the Latino Center for Leadership Development in Dallas, Jorge Baldor, recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum in 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Miguel Solis Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Miguel Solis. Born more than twelve years after the Kennedy assassination, Solis is co-founder of the Latino Center for Leadership Development in Dallas and was the youngest member and board president ever elected to the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees. His public service and community activism were inspired in part by the legacies of John and Robert Kennedy. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 29, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Miguel Solis Oral History

Date:

06/29/2018

Terms:

Oral histories

Dallas Independent School District

Dallas

Community Leaders (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Non-Rememberers (OHC)

Chicano History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 58 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2018.001.0075

Curatorial Note:

Miguel Solis represented District 8 as a member of the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees from 2013 to 2020. In 2019, he ran for mayor of Dallas but lost to former Texas state representative Eric Johnson. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Another co-founder of the Latino Center for Leadership Development in Dallas, Jorge Baldor, recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum in 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator