Dr. Gordon Mantler Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Gordon Mantler. An associate professor of history and writing at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Mantler is the author of Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition & the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974 (2013). Interview conducted over Zoom on September 20, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 11 minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Dr. Gordon Mantler Oral History

Date:

09/20/2021

Terms:

Interviews

Civil rights

Oral histories

Protests

Author

Economy

Poor People's Campaign

Chavez, Cesar

Dallas

Washington, D.C.

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Chicano History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 71 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2021.001.0085

Curatorial Note:

In addition to his 2013 book, Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974, Dr. Mantler is the author of several academic articles, including "'The Press Did You In': The Poor People's Campaign and the Mass Media," published in Spring 2010 in The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture. This article won the Ronald T. and Gayla D. Farrar Media and Civil Rights Award in 2011. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator