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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
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 Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-three minutes long.
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.

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

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