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"Recollections of the Jack Ruby Trial" Program

Object number2004.001.0046
Date05/19/2004
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Judge Joe B. Brown, Jr.
Oral history interviewer George Bramblett
Oral history interview subject Phil Burleson
Oral history interview subject H. Louis Nichols
Oral history interview subject Barefoot Sanders
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumDVD-R
DimensionsDuration: 67 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped panel discussion program entitled "Recollections of the Jack Ruby Trial." Panelists included Judge Joe B. Brown Jr., son of Ruby trial judge Joe B. Brown; Phil Burleson Jr., son of defense attorney Phil Burleson; former U.S. Attorney Barefoot Sanders and H. Louis Nichols, head of the Dallas Bar Association in 1963. The program was moderated by Dallas attorney George Bramblett Jr. This program was recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza during a private event organized by The Center for American and International Law on May 19, 2004. The program is one hour and seven minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary

All but one of the participants in this 2004 panel discussion separately recorded video oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum. Judge Joe B. Brown Jr. recorded an interview in 2004 and passed away in 2013. Judge Barefoot Sanders recorded an interview in 1995 and passed away in 2008. H. Louis Nichols recorded an interview in 1999 and passed away in 2010. Moderator George Bramblett Jr. recorded an interview in 2004 and passed away in 2016. In addition, Phil Burleson Jr.'s late father, longtime Dallas attorney Phil Burleson, recorded an interview with the Museum just a few weeks prior to his passing in 1995.

A complete set of Ruby Trial transcripts can be accessed here: Jack Ruby Trial Transcripts – Collections – eMuseum (jfk.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator