Eddie Jimmerson Jr. Oral History

Object number2011.001.0085

Date09/28/2011

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Eddie Jimmerson Jr.

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 35 Minutes

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Collections

Civil Rights Movement
All Online Objects
Oral History Collection

DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Eddie Jimmerson Jr. A native of Kerens, Texas, Jimmerson was among the first African Americans in his community to graduate from a newly integrated high school in 1965. During the final years of the Vietnam War, he served as a military policeman in Washington D.C. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 28, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-five minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Eddie Jimmerson Jr. passed away on September 4, 2020. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator