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.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

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

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Ruth Sanders Oral History

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Ruth Sanders Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Ruth Sanders. An African-American community leader and civil rights activist, Sanders was working at the Dallas YWCA at the time of the Kennedy assassination.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 13, 2010 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

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Object title:

Ruth Sanders Oral History

Date:

10/13/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Civil rights

Community leaders

Sanders, Ruth

Dallas

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

51 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0118

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Ruth Sanders Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Ruth Sanders. An African-American community leader and civil rights activist, Sanders was working at the Dallas YWCA at the time of the Kennedy assassination.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 13, 2010 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Ruth Sanders Oral History

Date:

10/13/2010

Terms:

Oral histories

Civil rights

Community leaders

Sanders, Ruth

Dallas

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Community Leaders (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

51 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2010.001.0118

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