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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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Margaret H. Jordan Oral History

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Margaret H. Jordan Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Margaret H. Jordan. The first African American graduate of Georgetown University School of Nursing, Jordan attended the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Since moving to Dallas in the 1980s, she has been an active community leader, serving on a number of boards including the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art and AT&T Performing Arts Center. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 29, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-seven minutes long.

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Object title:

Margaret H. Jordan Oral History

Date:

03/29/2011

Terms:

Oral histories

Community leaders

Civil rights

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Jordan, Margaret H.

Dallas

Washington, D.C.

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
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Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 47 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.001.0029

Curatorial Note:

This interview with Margaret H. Jordan was among those featured in a video promoting the Museum's ongoing Oral History Project in 2014: The Sixth Floor Museum's Oral History Project - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Margaret H. Jordan Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Margaret H. Jordan. The first African American graduate of Georgetown University School of Nursing, Jordan attended the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Since moving to Dallas in the 1980s, she has been an active community leader, serving on a number of boards including the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art and AT&T Performing Arts Center. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 29, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-seven minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Margaret H. Jordan Oral History

Date:

03/29/2011

Terms:

Oral histories

Community leaders

Civil rights

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Jordan, Margaret H.

Dallas

Washington, D.C.

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 47 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.001.0029

Curatorial Note:

This interview with Margaret H. Jordan was among those featured in a video promoting the Museum's ongoing Oral History Project in 2014: The Sixth Floor Museum's Oral History Project - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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