Kenneth Fliés Oral History
Object number2018.001.0139
Date12/12/2018
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Kenneth Fliés
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 50 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Kenneth Fliés. Fliés served in the Peace Corps in Brazil from 1962 to 1964. During his training in Alabama, he witnessed segregation for the first time. Fliés is the author of "Into the Backlands: A Peace Corps Memoir" (2018).
Interview conducted via telephone on December 12, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryKenneth Fliés's 2018 book, Into the Backlands: A Peace Corps Memoir, may be found here in the Museum's Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Into the backlands. - Stephen Fagin, Curator