Dr. Enid Jones Oral History

Object number2018.001.0074

Date06/28/2018

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dr. Enid Jones

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 41 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Enid Jones. Jones was a fourteen-year-old native of Kingston, Jamaica in 1963, and the Kennedy assassination shaped her opinion of the United States for many years. She attended graduate school at New York University in 1975 and recalls experiencing racism for the first time. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Dr. Jones visited the Museum in May 2018 and volunteered for an oral history to share her unique memories of the assassination as a teenager in Jamaica and how the tragedy impacted her view of the United States. We were pleased to record this interview the following month. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator