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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Ben Harrison Oral History

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Ben Harrison Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Ben Harrison. Harrison was an FBI agent from 1951 to 1978. During his career, he was part of the Bureau's Communist squad in the 1950s and helped to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Assigned to the Lubbock, Texas field office in 1963, Harrison spent three weeks in Dallas to assist with the local assassination investigation.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 14, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

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Object title:

Ben Harrison Oral History

Date:

09/14/2016

Terms:

Oral histories

Communism

Communists

Civil rights

Investigations

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dallas

Little Rock

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Cold War and Communism (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 51 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2016.001.0097

Curatorial Note:

Ben S. Harrison Jr. passed away on September 7, 2022 at the age of 95. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Ben Harrison Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Ben Harrison. Harrison was an FBI agent from 1951 to 1978. During his career, he was part of the Bureau's Communist squad in the 1950s and helped to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Assigned to the Lubbock, Texas field office in 1963, Harrison spent three weeks in Dallas to assist with the local assassination investigation.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 14, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Ben Harrison Oral History

Date:

09/14/2016

Terms:

Oral histories

Communism

Communists

Civil rights

Investigations

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Dallas

Little Rock

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)

Law Enforcement (OHC)

Cold War and Communism (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 51 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2016.001.0097

Curatorial Note:

Ben S. Harrison Jr. passed away on September 7, 2022 at the age of 95. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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