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Frank Griffin Oral History

Frank Griffin Oral History

Object number2008.001.0087
Date11/07/2008
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Frank Griffin
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 30 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Frank Griffin. On November 22, 1963, Griffin was working as a bricklayer at a construction site at the corner of Tenth and Denver Streets in Oak Cliff. He heard shots fired nearby and witnessed the immediate aftermath of the shooting of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 7, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
As discussed in this oral history, Mr. Griffin's autobiography, Touched by Fire: One Man's Road from Phenix City to Dallas, 1954-1963, was self-published in 2008. The Museum is pleased to have a copy in our Library Collection: Koha | Details for Touched by fire (bibliovation.com). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator