/internal/media/dispatcher/75373/fullLee R. Slaughter Jr. Oral History08/05/2010Duration: 32 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2010.001.00860Videotaped oral history interview with Lee R. Slaughter Jr. A longtime conservative business leader, Slaughter was an active supporter of Republican Congressman Bruce Alger and served on the Dallas Citizens Council for twenty-five years. Slaughter saw the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue and enjoyed a brief verbal exchange with the president.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 5, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-two minutes long.Oral Histories634590E-100E-1032370Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Lee R. Slaughter Jr. A longtime conservative business leader, Slaughter was an active supporter of Republican Congressman Bruce Alger and served on the Dallas Citizens Council for twenty-five years. Slaughter saw the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue and enjoyed a brief verbal exchange with the president.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 5, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-two minutes long.Oral historiesConservativesMotorcadeLimousineWitnessesMotorcyclesAssassinationLemmon AvenueSlaughter, Lee R., Jr.Kennedy, John F.Kennedy, JacquelineAlger, BruceDallas Citizens CouncilRepublican PartyDallasCommunity Leaders (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)At the age of 92, Lee R. Slaughter Jr. passed away on November 20, 2023, two days prior to the 60th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. The company founded by his late father, Slaughter Industries, was at one time the largest supplier of lumber and building materials to commercial builders in the United States. Slaughter's company was involved in a number of significant local building projects, including NorthPark mall and additions to Southern Methodist University. After Slaughter sold the company to International Paper Co. in 1979, he founded a private merchant bank, Kahala Investments. In addition to his service on the Dallas Citizens Council, Slaughter was a member of the Highland Park Independent School Board for nine years and also served one term as chair of The Salvation Army's board of directors. - Stephen Fagin, Curator