Gay Revi Oral History

Object number2011.001.0030

Date04/01/2011

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Gay Revi

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 44 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Gay Revi. Revi was a school teacher in Pennsylvania when she joined the Peace Corps in 1963. She was serving in Sierra Leone in West Africa when the assassination took place. Upon her return to the United States in 1966, she became an anti-Vietnam War activist. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 1, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-four minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

At the time this oral history was recorded in 2011, seventy-two-year-old Gay Revi was an unlikely blogger with a large local following. Her blog, "Granny Geek," included opinion pieces, local news and restaurant reviews. According to a 2011 profile in the Oak Cliff Advocate, her blog typically received anywhere from 200 to 2,000 views daily. Unfortunately, as of 2022, it has been discontinued and is no longer accessible online. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator