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“Call to Action: La Calle to City Hall” Program

“Call to Action: La Calle to City Hall” Program

Object number2006.001.0065
Date09/27/2006
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Adelfa Callejo
Oral history interview subject Frank Hernandez
Oral history interview subject Dr. Roberto Calderon
Oral history interviewer Mercedes Olivera
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 79 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped "Call to Action: La Calle to City Hall" public program with Adelfa Callejo, Frank Hernandez, Dr. Roberto Calderon and Mercedes Olivera as moderator. The panel shared memories and discussed Mexican American political leadership and activism in the 1960s and 1970s. Adelfa Callejo was a noted Dallas attorney and civil rights activist. Frank Hernandez, a longtime local attorney, became Dallas County's first Hispanic judge in 1977. Dr. Roberto Calderon is associate professor of Latina/o and Mexican-American Studies at the University of North Texas. Moderator Mercedes Olivera was a longtime columnist at The Dallas Morning News. This program was part of the Museum's 2006 "Call to Action" series. Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 27, 2006. The program is one hour and nineteen minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary

Sadly, as of Fall 2022, three of the four speakers from this program are deceased. Frank Hernandez passed away on February 16, 2012. Adelfa Callejo passed away on January 25, 2014. Moderator Mercedes Olivera passed away June 29, 2018.

This public program series, launched to explore the Kennedy legacy within the context of Dallas social activism, coincided with the special exhibit, "Call to Action," that ran from April to October 2006. Like the program series, the exhibit touched on local social activism in civil rights, gay rights, women's rights and disability rights. All "Call to Action" programs may also be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator