/internal/media/dispatcher/72268/fullDr. Luther Holcomb Oral History08/27/19922 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)
Duration: 110 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1992.009.00070Canon Hi8 videotape - master
Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Luther Holcomb. Director of the Dallas Council of Churches in 1963, Holcomb was a longtime religious and civic leader involved in the city's integration efforts. He was among those who greeted the Kennedys at Dallas Love Field and later gave a prayer at the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon after news of the shooting reached the attendees.
Interview conducted at Dr. Luther's home on August 27, 1992 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and fifty minutes long.Oral Histories650520E-1010.16000000000E-106.98500000004571Oral history0E-101.9050000000Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Luther Holcomb. Director of the Dallas Council of Churches in 1963, Holcomb was a longtime religious and civic leader involved in the city's integration efforts. He was among those who greeted the Kennedys at Dallas Love Field and later gave a prayer at the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon after news of the shooting reached the attendees.
Interview conducted at Dr. Luther's home on August 27, 1992 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and fifty minutes long.InterviewsIntegrationOral historiesHolcomb, LutherDallas Council of ChurchesCity of DallasLove FieldDallas Trade MartDallasCommunity Leaders (OHC)Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)Dr. Luther Holcomb (1911-2003) was among those public and behind-the-scenes leaders in Dallas who insisted that the city avoid the racial violence seen in other southern cities and pushed for peaceful integration of stores, restaurants, and hotels. As a result of Holcomb's early efforts towards desegregation, he was appointed as the Texas representative to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in 1961. A few years later, in 1965, President Johnson named Holcomb the vice chairman to enforce employment opportunity provisions in the newly passed Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was reappointed for a second term by President Nixon in 1970. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator