/internal/media/dispatcher/72416/fullJan Sanders Oral History01/31/2006Duration: 96 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.001.00040Videotaped oral history interview with Jan Sanders. The widow of Judge Barefoot Sanders, Sanders was with Judge Sarah T. Hughes at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963, and later traveled with her to Washington, D.C. for President Kennedy's funeral. A longtime community leader, who volunteered during the 1960 Kennedy campaign, Sanders was a noted social rights activist in the 1960s and 1970s.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 31, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-six minutes long.Oral Histories6388626160Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Jan Sanders. The widow of Judge Barefoot Sanders, Sanders was with Judge Sarah T. Hughes at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963, and later traveled with her to Washington, D.C. for President Kennedy's funeral. A longtime community leader, who volunteered during the 1960 Kennedy campaign, Sanders was a noted social rights activist in the 1960s and 1970s.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 31, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-six minutes long.Trade Mart luncheonFuneral servicesWomen's rightsPeaceOral historiesHughes, Sarah T.Sanders, BarefootSanders, JanDallas Trade MartDallasCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Community Leaders (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)White House and State Officials (OHC)Nearly eleven years after this 2006 oral history, Jan Sanders returned to the Museum for a 70-minute follow-up interview recorded on November 28, 2016. The 2016 oral history may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/47259. In addition, her late husband, longtime U.S. district judge Harold Barefoot Sanders, recorded an oral history on March 8, 1995. He also participated in a Museum program about the 1964 Jack Ruby trial, organized by The Center for American and International Law. That 2004 program may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: The Jack Ruby Trial: A Panel Discussion - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator