/internal/media/dispatcher/76056/fullJohn Loving Oral History08/28/2009Duration: 135 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2009.001.00670Videotaped oral history interview with John Loving. A lifelong Dallasite with a local heritage dating back to the 1840s, Loving was a Dallas police officer in 1963 and went to Dealey Plaza following the Kennedy assassination. His late uncle, J.T. Yates, was allegedly involved in local organized crime and knew Jack Ruby.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 28, 2009 by Stephen Fagin and C. Dealey Campbell of the Dallas Historical Society. The interview is two hours and fifteen minutes.Oral Histories7258929880Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with John Loving. A lifelong Dallasite with a local heritage dating back to the 1840s, Loving was a Dallas police officer in 1963 and went to Dealey Plaza following the Kennedy assassination. His late uncle, J.T. Yates, was allegedly involved in local organized crime and knew Jack Ruby.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 28, 2009 by Stephen Fagin and C. Dealey Campbell of the Dallas Historical Society. The interview is two hours and fifteen minutes.InvestigationsEvidenceDealey PlazaMafiaElm StreetEarly Dallas historyDowntown DallasOral historiesLoving, JohnKennedy, John F.Ruby, JackDallas CountyDallas Police DepartmentDallas Historical SocietyTexas School Book DepositoryDallasDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Jack Ruby (OHC)Law Enforcement (OHC)John William Loving passed away on April 6, 2011 at the age of 78. Since this oral history was recorded in partnership with the Dallas Historical Society, this lengthy conversation with Mr. Loving delved deeply into general local history, including early Dallas history, in addition to his memories of the Kennedy assassination and aftermath. - Stephen Fagin, Curator