/internal/media/dispatcher/73744/fullDonald Payton Oral History02/26/2016Duration: 97 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2016.001.00410Videotaped oral history interview with Donald Payton. A longtime Dallas historian, Payton was a civil rights activist during the 1960s. While serving on the Dallas County Historical Commission in 1988, he participated in an archeological dig in Dealey Plaza just prior to construction of The Sixth Floor Museum’s Visitors Center.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 26, 2016 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour, 37 minutes long.Oral Histories653580E-100E-1046662Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Donald Payton. A longtime Dallas historian and genealogist, Payton was a civil rights activist in the 1960s. While serving on the Dallas County Historical Commission in 1988, he participated in an archaeological dig in Dealey Plaza prior to the construction of The Sixth Floor Museum's Visitors Center.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 26, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-seven minutes long.Oral historiesCivil rightsDealey PlazaResearchersDallas County Historical CommissionThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDallasCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)A 107-minute student-led interview with Donald Payton, recorded on March 31, 2017, may be accessed as part of the Southern Methodist University digital collections: Stream Don Peyton (03-31-2017) by smudigitalcollections | Listen online for free on SoundCloud. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator