Rev. Earl Allen Oral History

Object number2006.001.0033

Date06/23/2006

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Rev. Earl Allen

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumHi-8 videotape

Dimensions48 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped 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.

Curatorial Commentary

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