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Carroll Brown Oral History
Carroll Brown Oral History

Carroll Brown Oral History

Object number2008.001.0064
Date08/06/2008
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Carroll S. Brown
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 90 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Carroll Brown. As a student at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Brown became an early civil rights activist in Dallas by organizing a 1960 drugstore sit-in. Brown, one of few white activists in the city at the time, played a prominent role in local civil rights protests from 1960 to 1967. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 6, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
Carroll S. "C.B." Brown passed away on November 8, 2011. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator