Richard Smiley Oral History

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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.

Object Details

Object title:

Richard Smiley Oral History

Date:

01/19/2023

Terms:

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)

Medium:

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

Dimensions:

Duration: 51 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2023.001.0006

Curatorial Note:

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