/internal/media/dispatcher/73935/fullAnita Martinez Oral History02/25/2016Duration: 38 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2016.001.00400Videotaped oral history interview with Anita Martinez. A longtime community leader, Martinez was the first Mexican-American member of the Dallas city council (1969-73). She then served three years as an evaluator for the Peace Corps. On November 22, 1963, Martinez observed the Kennedy motorcade on Harwood Street.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 25, 2016 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 38 minutes long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories653570E-100E-1046661Oral history0E-10Videotaped 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.Oral historiesMotorcadeHarwood StreetPeace CorpsDallas City CouncilDallasMotorcade Spectators (OHC)Community Leaders (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Peace Corps (OHC)Chicano History and Culture (OHC)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 Ms. Martinez passed away at the age of 100 on April 13, 2026. - Stephen Fagin, Curator