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Rev. Earl Allen Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with the Rev. Earl Allen. A civil rights activist, Allen was pastor of the Highland Hills Methodist Church in Dallas in 1963. A leader with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), he helped organized a prominent 28-day civil rights protest at the downtown Piccadilly Cafeteria in 1964.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 23, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-eight minutes long.
Rev. Earl Allen Oral History
06/23/2006
Hi-8 videotape
48 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2006.001.0033
Two years after this oral history was recorded, the Reverend Allen participated in a Museum public program with Piccadilly Cafeteria protest co-organizer Clarence Broadnax in 2008. This program marked the first time that Allen and Broadnax had spoken in approximately four decades. Moderated by Dallas-Fort Worth journalist Bob Ray Sanders, this program may be viewed in its entirety on the Museum's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-d7GD_P-Nw. Rev. Allen passed away on February 16, 2020. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
Rev. Earl Allen Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with the Rev. Earl Allen. A civil rights activist, Allen was pastor of the Highland Hills Methodist Church in Dallas in 1963. A leader with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), he helped organized a prominent 28-day civil rights protest at the downtown Piccadilly Cafeteria in 1964.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 23, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-eight minutes long.
Rev. Earl Allen Oral History
06/23/2006
Civil rights
Protests
Oral histories
Allen, Rev. Earl
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
Community Leaders (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Hi-8 videotape
48 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2006.001.0033
Two years after this oral history was recorded, the Reverend Allen participated in a Museum public program with Piccadilly Cafeteria protest co-organizer Clarence Broadnax in 2008. This program marked the first time that Allen and Broadnax had spoken in approximately four decades. Moderated by Dallas-Fort Worth journalist Bob Ray Sanders, this program may be viewed in its entirety on the Museum's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-d7GD_P-Nw. Rev. Allen passed away on February 16, 2020. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
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