Opal Mitchell Lee Oral History

Object number2011.001.0055

Date06/29/2011

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Opal Mitchell Lee

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions43 Minutes

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Civil Rights Movement
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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Opal Mitchell Lee. Lee was a dedicated civil rights activist in Texas and California throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She worked for a variety of organizations, including as a specialist with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 29, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-three minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Ms. Lee passed away on September 2, 2017. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

I met Ms. Lee at the Dallas Public Library while attending an African American Treasures program in 2011. She briefly detailed her memories of the 1960s, and I immediately invited her to record an interview for the Museum's ongoing Oral History Project. She is a great example of a civil rights storyteller whose valuable firsthand account may have been lost forever had we not met by accident that day. The Museum is always seeking new voices for the Oral History Project to share memories of the 1960s. She passed away on September 2, 2017.

For more information about participating in the ongoing Oral History Project, please contact us at oralhistory@jfk.org. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator