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Rev. Asriel McLain Oral History
Rev. Asriel McLain Oral History

Rev. Asriel McLain Oral History

Object number2018.001.0067
Date06/14/2018
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Rev. Asriel McLain
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 49 Minutes
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DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Rev. Asriel McLain. Ten years old in 1963, McLain attended a segregated school in Shreveport, Louisiana, and was later among the first in his community to attend an integrated high school. While attending Bishop College in Dallas, McLain became acquainted with George de Mohrenschildt, an associate of Lee Harvey Oswald. Interview conducted by telephone on June 14, 2018 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-nine minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary

In July 2019, Rev. McLain served as a guest chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives. Four years later, on June 13, 2023, Rev. McLain gave the opening prayer for the U.S. Senate.

In this oral history, Rev. McLain discussed a 1963 beating by local police officers that took place inside his late father's sanctuary at Little Union Baptist Church in Shreveport. In 2022, the Shreveport City Council unanimously passed resolutions offering formal apologies for the actions taken that night and the following day when eighteen protesting high school students were arrested. - Stephen Fagin, Curator 

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