Phill Brown and Les French Oral History

Object number2008.001.0085

Date11/05/2008

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Phill Brown

Oral history interview subject Les French

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 74 Minutes

Collections

DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Phill Brown and Les French. Teenagers in 1963, Brown and French observed the Kennedy motorcade on Houston Street and ran toward the Triple Underpass in Dealey Plaza immediately after the assassination. Brown lingered at the scene for hours while French returned to school. Brown's late father, Dallas County deputy sheriff Richard Brown, was later Jack Ruby's dietician during his incarceration. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 5, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fourteen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Phill Brown passed away on December 28, 2009. - Stephen Fagin, Curator