Jan Sanders Oral History
Object number2016.001.0132
Date11/28/2016
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Jan Sanders
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
Dimensions68 Minutes
Terms
- Oral histories
- 1960 presidential election
- Community leaders
- Civil rights
- Funeral
- Sanders, Barefoot
- Hughes, Sarah T.
- Dallas Trade Mart
- Dallas
- Washington, D.C.
- 1960 Campaign (OHC)
- Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
- Community Leaders (OHC)
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- Kennedy Funeral (OHC)
- White House and State Officials (OHC)
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jan Sanders. The widow of Judge Barefoot Sanders, Sanders was with Judge Sarah T. Hughes at the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22, 1963, and later traveled with her to Washington, D.C., for President Kennedy's funeral. A longtime community leader, who volunteered during the 1960 Kennedy campaign, Sanders was a noted social rights activist in the 1960s and 1970s.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 28, 2016, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIn addition to this 2016 recording, Ms. Sanders also recorded a videotaped oral history at The Sixth Floor Museum on January 31, 2006. Her late husband, Judge Barefoot Sanders, recorded an oral history in 1995 and participated in videotaped programs at the Museum in 1999 and 2004. The May 2004 program, a panel discussion on the Jack Ruby trial that was organized by The Center for American and International Law, can be viewed in its entirety on the Museum's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpR4y0Q39DU. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
02/12/1964 - 02/14/1964
