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Jan Sanders Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jan Sanders. The widow of Judge Barefoot Sanders, Sanders was with Judge Sarah T. Hughes at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963, and later traveled with her to Washington, D.C. for President Kennedy's funeral. A longtime community leader, who volunteered during the 1960 Kennedy campaign, Sanders was a noted social rights activist in the 1960s and 1970s. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 31, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-six minutes long.

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Jan Sanders Oral History

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01/31/2006

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Hi-8 videotape

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Duration: 96 Minutes

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Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

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2006.001.0004

Curatorial Note:

Nearly eleven years after this 2006 oral history, Jan Sanders returned to the Museum for a 70-minute follow-up interview recorded on November 28, 2016. The 2016 oral history may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/47259. In addition, her late husband, longtime U.S. district judge Harold Barefoot Sanders, recorded an oral history on March 8, 1995. He also participated in a Museum program about the 1964 Jack Ruby trial, organized by The Center for American and International Law. That 2004 program may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: The Jack Ruby Trial: A Panel Discussion - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Jan Sanders Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jan Sanders. The widow of Judge Barefoot Sanders, Sanders was with Judge Sarah T. Hughes at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963, and later traveled with her to Washington, D.C. for President Kennedy's funeral. A longtime community leader, who volunteered during the 1960 Kennedy campaign, Sanders was a noted social rights activist in the 1960s and 1970s. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 31, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-six minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jan Sanders Oral History

Date:

01/31/2006

Terms:

Trade Mart luncheon

Funeral services

Women's rights

Peace

Oral histories

Hughes, Sarah T.

Sanders, Barefoot

Sanders, Jan

Dallas Trade Mart

Dallas

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

White House and State Officials (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 96 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2006.001.0004

Curatorial Note:

Nearly eleven years after this 2006 oral history, Jan Sanders returned to the Museum for a 70-minute follow-up interview recorded on November 28, 2016. The 2016 oral history may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/47259. In addition, her late husband, longtime U.S. district judge Harold Barefoot Sanders, recorded an oral history on March 8, 1995. He also participated in a Museum program about the 1964 Jack Ruby trial, organized by The Center for American and International Law. That 2004 program may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: The Jack Ruby Trial: A Panel Discussion - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator