Charles Cox Oral History

Object number2018.001.0032

Date04/18/2018

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Charles Cox

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions47 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Charles Cox. Cox was a freshman at Southern Methodist University in Dallas at the time of the assassination. As academic committee chair of the SMU Students’ Association, he coordinated a speech on campus by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on March 17, 1966. Cox went on to serve in the Vietnam War. Interview conducted at Mr. Cox's home in Dallas, TX, on April 18, 2018, by Stephen Fagin and C. Dealey Campbell of the Dallas Historical Society. The interview is forty-seven minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Southern Methodist University's website provides extensive information and resources about Dr. King's visit to SMU on March 17, 1966. An audio recording of King's speech, transcripts of both King's address and Charles Cox's introduction, the original invitation letter sent to King in August 1965 and local news coverage of the visit can be accessed here: https://www.smu.edu/AboutSMU/MLK. - Stephen Fagin, Curator