/internal/media/dispatcher/73403/fullMike Burns Oral History01/29/2016Duration: 24 MinutesBorn digital (.wav file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2016.001.00160Audio oral history interview with Mike Burns. A tenth-grade student in 1963, Burns was inspired in part by the Kennedy assassination to pursue a career in law enforcement, serving as an Indiana State Trooper for three decades.
Interview conducted by telephone on January 29, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-four minutes long.
Oral Histories727950E-100E-1046600Oral history0E-10Audio oral history interview with Mike Burns. A tenth-grade student in 1963, Burns was inspired in part by the Kennedy assassination to pursue a career in law enforcement, serving as an Indiana State Trooper for three decades.
Interview conducted by telephone on January 29, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-four minutes long.Oral historiesYouthStudent1960 presidential election1960sRacismCuban Missile CrisisNuclear threatSpace RaceProject MercuryAstronautsAssassinationTV coverageTelevisionLive broadcastMilitary servicePolice1968 presidential electionReagan, RonaldKennedy, Robert F.U.S. Marine CorpsIndianaChildhood Recollections (OHC)Law Enforcement (OHC)Indiana resident Mike Burns contacted me with a research inquiry about the Oswald shooting in late 2015. After learning about his childhood memories of the assassination and how the event partly inspired his later career in law enforcement, I invited him to be part of our Oral History Project. We recorded this telephone interview in early 2016. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorRobert F. Kennedy's historic speech in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 4, 1968 may be viewed on the YouTube channel of the Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center here: Indianapolis, 1968: Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King and a historic call for peace. The recording captures the moment the crowd was made aware of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death, followed by the powerful speech Robert Kennedy gave in response to the unfortunate passing of the civil rights leader. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger