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

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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 Commentary

Kenneth 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