Versie Murchison Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Versie Murchison. A student at Bishop College in Dallas, Murchison participated in a prominent civil rights demonstration at the downtown Piccadilly Cafeteria in 1964. As a result of her activism, she was suspended from college for one semester. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 17, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and twenty-seven minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Versie Murchison Oral History

Date:

01/17/2023

Terms:

Interviews

Oral histories

Civil rights

Student

Protests

Piccadilly Cafeteria

Bishop College

Dallas

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 87 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2023.001.0005

Curatorial Note:

The Museum's Dallas County Sheriff's Department Collection includes more than 150 surveillance photographs taken during the 1964 civil rights demonstration at the Piccadilly Cafeteria. Those images may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/collections/37303/civil-rights-piccadilly-cafeteria-protest -- Stephen Fagin, Curator