Ben Harrison Oral History

Object number2016.001.0097

Date09/14/2016

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Ben Harrison

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 51 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Ben Harrison. Harrison was an FBI agent from 1951 to 1978. During his career, he was part of the Bureau's Communist squad in the 1950s and helped to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Assigned to the Lubbock, Texas field office in 1963, Harrison spent three weeks in Dallas to assist with the local assassination investigation. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 14, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Ben S. Harrison Jr. passed away on September 7, 2022 at the age of 95. - Stephen Fagin, Curator