Eddie Griffin Living History Program

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Videotaped Living History public program with Eddie Griffin. A Fort Worth native, Griffin was outside the Hotel Texas when the Kennedys arrived on the night of November 21, 1963. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s, Griffin traveled across the country and became active with the Black Panthers. Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 8, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The program is forty-four minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Eddie Griffin Living History Program

Date:

02/08/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

Fort Worth

Civil rights

Trip to Texas

Kennedy, John F.

Hotel Texas

Black Panther Party

Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

Dallas

Fort Worth (OHC)

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.mov file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 44 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0018

Curatorial Note:

In addition to this program, Eddie Griffin was also part of a panel discussion, "Civil Rights in Modern America," presented in partnership with the Fort Worth Opera on November 19, 2015. That program may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Civil Rights in Modern America - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 8, 2024.