Dorothy Zellner Oral History
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Dorothy Zellner Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Dorothy Zellner. A dedicated civil rights activist throughout the 1960s, Zellner was attacked with a high-pressure fire hose during a protest in Danville, Virginia, in June 1963. She was running the northeast regional office of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the time of the assassination. Interview conducted over Zoom on September 16, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty minutes long.
Dorothy Zellner Oral History
09/16/2021
Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
Duration: 50 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2021.001.0084
Dorothy Zellner is co-editor of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC (2010). As of 2022, she also serves on the board of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee Legacy Project. A digital archive of primary source material related to her activism may be accessed here: Dorothy Zellner - SNCC Digital Gateway SNCC Digital Gateway. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Dorothy Zellner Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Dorothy Zellner. A dedicated civil rights activist throughout the 1960s, Zellner was attacked with a high-pressure fire hose during a protest in Danville, Virginia, in June 1963. She was running the northeast regional office of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the time of the assassination. Interview conducted over Zoom on September 16, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty minutes long.
Dorothy Zellner Oral History
09/16/2021
Interviews
Oral histories
Civil rights
Protests
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Dallas
Danville
Cambridge
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: 50 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2021.001.0084
Dorothy Zellner is co-editor of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC (2010). As of 2022, she also serves on the board of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee Legacy Project. A digital archive of primary source material related to her activism may be accessed here: Dorothy Zellner - SNCC Digital Gateway SNCC Digital Gateway. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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