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Jonnie England Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jonnie England. An Oak Cliff native, England and a high school classmate saw the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. She later wrote an angry letter to CBS commentator Eric Sevareid regarding critical remarks he made about Dallas in the aftermath of the assassination. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 20, 1998 by Bob Porter. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.

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Jonnie England Oral History

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02/20/1998

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Hi-8 videotape

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Duration: 58 Minutes

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Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1998.019.0003

Curatorial Note:

Jonnie England worked at Dallas PBS station KERA for seventeen years, leaving her position as vice president of corporate communications in 1997 to become the first executive director of Operation Kindness, a non-profit animal welfare organization. England remains a noted and active animal welfare champion in Dallas. In addition to her decades of work with Operation Kindness, England has also served as director of animal advocacy for both the Metroplex Animal Coalition and the Texas Humane Alliance. After recording this 1998 interview, we were pleased to invite Jonnie England back to the Museum fifteen years later for a second oral history in August 2013. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Jonnie England Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Jonnie England. An Oak Cliff native, England and a high school classmate saw the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. She later wrote an angry letter to CBS commentator Eric Sevareid regarding critical remarks he made about Dallas in the aftermath of the assassination. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 20, 1998 by Bob Porter. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Jonnie England Oral History

Date:

02/20/1998

Terms:

Motorcade

Oral histories

Main Street

"City of Hate"

England, Jonnie

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Motorcade Spectators (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

Duration: 58 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1998.019.0003

Curatorial Note:

Jonnie England worked at Dallas PBS station KERA for seventeen years, leaving her position as vice president of corporate communications in 1997 to become the first executive director of Operation Kindness, a non-profit animal welfare organization. England remains a noted and active animal welfare champion in Dallas. In addition to her decades of work with Operation Kindness, England has also served as director of animal advocacy for both the Metroplex Animal Coalition and the Texas Humane Alliance. After recording this 1998 interview, we were pleased to invite Jonnie England back to the Museum fifteen years later for a second oral history in August 2013. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator