Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History
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Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Betty Daniels Rosemond. A dedicated civil rights activist, Rosemond met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while attending high school in New Orleans. As a CORE Freedom Rider in 1961, she nearly lost her life to a mob during a stop in Poplarville, Mississippi. Rosemond participated in several non-violent protests in the early 1960s and was arrested during a restaurant sit-in in Alexandria, Virginia.Interview conducted over Zoom on May 27, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 13 minutes long.
Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History
05/27/2021
Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
Duration: 73 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2021.001.0038
This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices From the Civil Rights Movement: Betty Daniels Rosemond - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Betty Daniels Rosemond. A dedicated civil rights activist, Rosemond met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while attending high school in New Orleans. As a CORE Freedom Rider in 1961, she nearly lost her life to a mob during a stop in Poplarville, Mississippi. Rosemond participated in several non-violent protests in the early 1960s and was arrested during a restaurant sit-in in Alexandria, Virginia.Interview conducted over Zoom on May 27, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 13 minutes long.
Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History
05/27/2021
Oral histories
Civil rights
Protests
Arrest
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
New Orleans
Poplarville
Alexandria
Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
Duration: 73 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2021.001.0038
This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices From the Civil Rights Movement: Betty Daniels Rosemond - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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