Richard Smiley Oral History
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Richard Smiley Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Richard Smiley. A native of Selma, Alabama, at age sixteen Smiley experienced the violence of “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965. He then took part in the five-day march from Selma to Montgomery. After joining the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Smiley was active with voter registration in Georgia and Alabama. Interview conducted via Zoom on January 19, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.
Richard Smiley Oral History
01/19/2023
Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file), Born digital (.m4a file)
Duration: 51 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2023.001.0006
A photograph of Richard Smiley, taken in Atlanta in 1965, may be found in the Bob Fitch Photography Archive at Stanford University Libraries. The image may be accessed here: Richard Smiley, SCLC field organizer - The Bob Fitch Photography Archive - Spotlight at Stanford. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Richard Smiley Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Richard Smiley. A native of Selma, Alabama, at age sixteen Smiley experienced the violence of “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965. He then took part in the five-day march from Selma to Montgomery. After joining the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Smiley was active with voter registration in Georgia and Alabama. Interview conducted via Zoom on January 19, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.
Richard Smiley Oral History
01/19/2023
Interviews
Civil rights
Oral histories
Protests
Student
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Dallas
Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Childhood Recollections (OHC)
Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file), Born digital (.m4a file)
Duration: 51 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2023.001.0006
A photograph of Richard Smiley, taken in Atlanta in 1965, may be found in the Bob Fitch Photography Archive at Stanford University Libraries. The image may be accessed here: Richard Smiley, SCLC field organizer - The Bob Fitch Photography Archive - Spotlight at Stanford. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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