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Linda Halpern Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Linda Halpern. A schoolteacher for nearly fifty years, Halpern volunteered with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee for the Mississippi Freedom Summer project in 1964. During that experience, she was accosted with a noose, spent a week in jail and aided a fellow civil rights worker who had been shot. Halpern later served in the Peace Corps in West Africa from 1966-1968. Interview conducted via Zoom on October 5, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and sixteen minutes long.
Linda Halpern Oral History
10/05/2021
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
2021.001.0090
Now retired after a long teaching career, Linda Wetmore Halpern continues to be generous with her time, always willing to share her memories of the Civil Rights Movement. A 106-minute Zoom interview conducted by two high school students in 2020 may be found here as part of the Civil Rights Movement Archive on Vimeo: Linda Wetmore Halpern - Student Interview on Vimeo. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Linda Halpern Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Linda Halpern. A schoolteacher for nearly fifty years, Halpern volunteered with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee for the Mississippi Freedom Summer project in 1964. During that experience, she was accosted with a noose, spent a week in jail and aided a fellow civil rights worker who had been shot. Halpern later served in the Peace Corps in West Africa from 1966-1968. Interview conducted via Zoom on October 5, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and sixteen minutes long.
Linda Halpern Oral History
10/05/2021
Interviews
Civil rights
Oral histories
Protests
Arrest
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Peace Corps
Mississippi
Africa
Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Peace Corps (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
2021.001.0090
Now retired after a long teaching career, Linda Wetmore Halpern continues to be generous with her time, always willing to share her memories of the Civil Rights Movement. A 106-minute Zoom interview conducted by two high school students in 2020 may be found here as part of the Civil Rights Movement Archive on Vimeo: Linda Wetmore Halpern - Student Interview on Vimeo. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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