Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Cynthia Sharp Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Cynthia Sharp. As a fifth grader in California in 1963, Sharp and her classmates did a cultural study of Russia, which proved controversial among some parents. She later became a social rights activist and protested the Vietnam War. Interview conducted at the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas on September 24, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is seventeen minutes long.

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Object title:

Cynthia Sharp Oral History

Date:

09/24/2019

Terms:

Oral histories

Vietnam

Russia

Childhood

California

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Vietnam (OHC)

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
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Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 17 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2019.001.0116

Curatorial Note:

Cynthia Sharp was one of five members of the Irving Women's Network who agreed to record an oral history during an outreach visit to the Las Colinas Country Club in 2019. If you are interested in scheduling an oral history outreach visit for your organization or retirement community in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, please contact oralhistory@jfk.org. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Cynthia Sharp Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Cynthia Sharp. As a fifth grader in California in 1963, Sharp and her classmates did a cultural study of Russia, which proved controversial among some parents. She later became a social rights activist and protested the Vietnam War. Interview conducted at the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas on September 24, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is seventeen minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Cynthia Sharp Oral History

Date:

09/24/2019

Terms:

Oral histories

Vietnam

Russia

Childhood

California

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Vietnam (OHC)

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 17 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2019.001.0116

Curatorial Note:

Cynthia Sharp was one of five members of the Irving Women's Network who agreed to record an oral history during an outreach visit to the Las Colinas Country Club in 2019. If you are interested in scheduling an oral history outreach visit for your organization or retirement community in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, please contact oralhistory@jfk.org. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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