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Lu Mitchell Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Lu Mitchell. A Dallas-based songwriter and folk singer for more than 45 years, Mitchell performed at numerous civil rights and peace movement rallies, including vigils held in Dealey Plaza. She saw the presidential motorcade as it exited Dallas Love Field and later that weekend wrote a poignant ballad in memory of President Kennedy.Interview conducted at Ms. Mitchell's home on May 13, 2008 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.
Lu Mitchell Oral History
05/13/2008
Born digital (.m2ts file)
56 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2008.001.0033
During this oral history, Ms. Mitchell performed several of the protest songs that she wrote for anti-Vietnam War rallies in the Dallas area. She also put to music and performed for the first time the lyrics she wrote during the weekend of the assassination in memory of President Kennedy. She is the first person to sing during an oral history interview with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
Lu Mitchell Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Lu Mitchell. A Dallas-based songwriter and folk singer for more than 45 years, Mitchell performed at numerous civil rights and peace movement rallies, including vigils held in Dealey Plaza. She saw the presidential motorcade as it exited Dallas Love Field and later that weekend wrote a poignant ballad in memory of President Kennedy.Interview conducted at Ms. Mitchell's home on May 13, 2008 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.
Lu Mitchell Oral History
05/13/2008
Civil rights
Peace
Dealey Plaza
Motorcade
Tributes
Music
Protests
Oral histories
Mitchell, Lu
Love Field
Dallas
Love Field Airport (OHC)
Motorcade Spectators (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
56 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2008.001.0033
During this oral history, Ms. Mitchell performed several of the protest songs that she wrote for anti-Vietnam War rallies in the Dallas area. She also put to music and performed for the first time the lyrics she wrote during the weekend of the assassination in memory of President Kennedy. She is the first person to sing during an oral history interview with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
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