Anita Martinez Oral History

Object number2016.001.0040

Date02/25/2016

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Anita Martinez

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 38 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Anita Martinez. A longtime Dallas community leader, Martinez was the first Mexican American member of the Dallas city council (1969-73). She then spent three years doing international evaluations for the Peace Corps. Martinez observed the Kennedy motorcade on Harwood Street on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 25, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-eight minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

A month prior to the oral history, Ms. Martinez participated in a program at the 2016 Legacies Dallas History Conference at Fair Park. The Museum recorded this program as part of the Oral History Collection, and it may be viewed in full here on our YouTube channel: Legacies 2016: A Conversation with Anita Martinez - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Curator