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Sheryll Cashin Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Sheryll Cashin. An award-winning author and professor at Georgetown Law School, Cashin is the daughter of prominent Alabama civil rights activists Dr. John and Joan Cashin. As a four-month-old infant, Sheryll Cashin was in her mother’s arms when she was arrested during a 1962 sit-in. The late Dr. Cashin, founder of the National Democratic Party of Alabama in 1967, helped organize and largely financed the mule train to Washington, D.C. during the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign.Interview conducted over Zoom on June 10, 2022 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 59 minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Sheryll Cashin Oral History

Date:

06/10/2022

Medium:

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

Dimensions:

Duration: 59 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2022.001.0043

Curatorial Note:

Professor Cashin is the author of several books that explore the ongoing U.S. struggle with racism and inequality, including White Space, Black Hood (2021), Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy (2017), and The Failures of Integration (2009). The memoir referenced during this oral history is entitled The Agitator's Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family (2008). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Sheryll Cashin Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Sheryll Cashin. An award-winning author and professor at Georgetown Law School, Cashin is the daughter of prominent Alabama civil rights activists Dr. John and Joan Cashin. As a four-month-old infant, Sheryll Cashin was in her mother’s arms when she was arrested during a 1962 sit-in. The late Dr. Cashin, founder of the National Democratic Party of Alabama in 1967, helped organize and largely financed the mule train to Washington, D.C. during the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign.Interview conducted over Zoom on June 10, 2022 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 59 minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Sheryll Cashin Oral History

Date:

06/10/2022

Terms:

Interviews

Civil rights

Oral histories

Protests

Author

Arrest

Childhood

Poor People's Campaign

Washington, D.C.

Alabama

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Medium:

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

Dimensions:

Duration: 59 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2022.001.0043

Curatorial Note:

Professor Cashin is the author of several books that explore the ongoing U.S. struggle with racism and inequality, including White Space, Black Hood (2021), Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy (2017), and The Failures of Integration (2009). The memoir referenced during this oral history is entitled The Agitator's Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family (2008). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator