{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"26238"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped \"Call to Action: The SNCC Experience in Dallas\" public program with Bishop Mark Herbener, Ernest McMillan, Edward Harris and Bob Ray Sanders as moderator. This group of 1960s civil rights activists discussed the local history and activities of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).   \r\n\r\nBishop Mark Herbener was pastor of the Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Dallas throughout the 1960s and 1970s, during which time he was actively involved in the civil rights movement. He held a memorial service for President Kennedy following the assassination. \r\n\r\nAn outspoken African-American activist in the 1960s, Ernest McMillan Jr. was attending Morehouse College in Atlanta at the time of the assassination. During the 1960s, he was a prominent member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. \r\n\r\nA vocal African-American activist in Dallas, Edward Harris fought for civil rights during the 1960s with local organizations such as the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. In 1968, he attended the National Black Power Conference in Philadelphia. \r\n\r\nA respected newspaper, radio and television journalist in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Bob Ray Sanders was attending high school at an African-American school in Fort Worth in 1963. On Thanksgiving Day that year, the school's marching band performed a memorial tribute to President Kennedy. Sanders was later an active supporter of the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s and 1970s. \r\n\r\nThis program was part of the Museum's 2006 \"Call to Action\" series. Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 6, 2006. The program is one hour and twenty-five minutes long."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2006.001.0064"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped \"Call to Action: The SNCC Experience in Dallas\" Public Program with Bishop Mark Herbener, Ernest McMillan, Edward Harris, and Bob Ray Sanders as moderator. This group of 1960s civil rights activists discussed the local history and activities of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).   \r\n\r\nBishop Mark Herbener was pastor of the Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Dallas throughout the 1960s and 1970s, during which time he was actively involved in the civil rights movement. He held a memorial service for President Kennedy following the assassination. \r\n\r\nAn outspoken African-American activist in the 1960s, Ernest McMillan Jr. was attending Morehouse College in Atlanta at the time of the assassination. During the 1960s, he was a prominent member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. \r\n\r\nA vocal African-American activist in Dallas, Edward Harris fought for civil rights during the 1960s with local organizations such as the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. In 1968, he attended the National Black Power Conference in Philadelphia. \r\n\r\nA respected newspaper, radio and television journalist in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Bob Ray Sanders was attending high school at an African-American school in Fort Worth in 1963. On Thanksgiving Day that year, the school's marching band performed a memorial tribute to President Kennedy. Sanders was later an active supporter of the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s and 1970s.\r\n\r\nProgram conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 6, 2006. The program is one hour and twenty-five minutes long.\r\n\r\nThe video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire program is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Hi-8 videotape"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/72407/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Video","mediaId":"72407"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"\"Call to Action: The SNCC Experience in Dallas\" Program"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Oral Histories"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/72407/full"},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Civil rights","Oral histories","Herbener, Bishop Mark","McMillan, Marion Ernest","Harris, Edward","Sanders, Bob Ray","Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)","Dallas","Fort Worth","Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Oral history"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"09/06/2006"},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["As of 2022, two of the panelists featured in this program have passed away: Ed Harris on January 22, 2015, and Bishop Mark Herbener on October 28, 2017. All four of these speakers also recorded one-on-one oral histories with the Museum. Ed Harris's 2006 oral history may be viewed in full here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/26165. After this initial 2006 program, Ernest McMillan returned to the Museum for six public and educational programs between 2013 and 2021. Two full program recordings may be found on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Ernest McMillan (2019) - YouTube and Living History with Ernest McMillan - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"63408"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Duration: 85 Minutes (5100 Seconds)"}}]}