Miguel Solis Oral History
Object number2018.001.0075
Date06/29/2018
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Miguel Solis
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 58 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Miguel Solis. Born more than twelve years after the Kennedy assassination, Solis is co-founder of the Latino Center for Leadership Development in Dallas and was the youngest member and board president ever elected to the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees. His public service and community activism were inspired in part by the legacies of John and Robert Kennedy.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 29, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryMiguel Solis represented District 8 as a member of the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees from 2013 to 2020. In 2019, he ran for mayor of Dallas but lost to former Texas state representative Eric Johnson. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Another co-founder of the Latino Center for Leadership Development in Dallas, Jorge Baldor, recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum in 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
