Steve North Oral History

Object number2017.001.0036

Date03/30/2017

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Steve North

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 61 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Steve North. As an associate producer on Geraldo Rivera’s ABC program, "Goodnight America," in 1976, North arranged several assassination-related interviews, including Marguerite Oswald. In later years, as a radio broadcaster and freelance journalist, North continued to cover the assassination story, ultimately interviewing a number of Kennedy, Oswald and Ruby family members. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 30, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and one minute long.

Curatorial Commentary

The Museum's 2021 oral history with Geraldo Rivera may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/72421. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

As discussed in this oral history, Steve North was not involved in the two assassination-related episodes of Goodnight America that aired in 1975. He was associate producer on the third and final episode of the series devoted to the assassination, which aired on August 23, 1976. This episode, designated Episode #26, focused on possible connections between Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby and included interviews with Oswald's mother, Marguerite; Jack Ruby's sister, Eva Grant; former Carousel Club comedian Wally Weston; investigative journalist Jack Anderson; and CIA undercover operative and convicted Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis. As of summer 2024, that episode of Goodnight America may be viewed on Geraldo Rivera's website here: Ruby/Oswald, JFK Assassination - Geraldo. - Stephen Fagin, Curator