{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"63121"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped Living History educational program with Ernest McMillan. An outspoken human rights activist, McMillan was attending Morehouse College in Atlanta at the time of the Kennedy assassination. While in Georgia, he met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and became active with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. McMillan later co-founded the Dallas chapter of SNCC and ultimately served more than three years in prison following a local civil rights demonstration. \r\n\r\nProgram conducted as a distance learning educational program for Central High School, a juvenile detention facility in Los Angeles, California, moderated by Stephen Fagin, on March 6, 2019. The program is forty-nine minutes long."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2019.001.0025"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped Living History educational program with Ernest McMillan. An outspoken human rights activist, McMillan was attending Morehouse College in Atlanta at the time of the Kennedy assassination. While in Georgia, he met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and became active with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. McMillan later co-founded the Dallas chapter of SNCC and ultimately served more than three years in prison following a local civil rights demonstration. \r\n\r\nProgram conducted as a distance learning educational program for Central High School, a juvenile detention facility in Los Angeles, California, moderated by Stephen Fagin, on March 6, 2019. The program is forty-nine minutes long."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Born digital (.mov file)"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/75454/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Video","mediaId":"75454"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/75455/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"75455"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Ernest McMillan Living History Program"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Oral Histories"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/75455/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Oral histories","Civil rights","Community leaders","Voting","Segregation","Desegregation","Protests","Youth","Racism","Race relations","Vietnam","Black power","Arrest","1960s","McMillan, Marion Ernest","King, Martin Luther, Jr.","McMillan, Eva","Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)","Dallas","Atlanta","Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)","Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)","Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)","Artists (OHC)","Community Leaders (OHC)","Vietnam (OHC)"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Oral history"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"03/06/2019"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["0E-10"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Ernest McMillan is a longtime friend of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. He recorded his first oral history in 2006, which may be viewed here: Ernest McMillian Oral History \u2013 Search mcmillan (Objects) \u2013 Search \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Following this, he has participated in a number of public and educational programs over the years, including a 2006 reunion of Dallas SNCC activists (Call To Action: The SNCC Experience in Dallas); a 2013 Living History (Living History with Ernest McMillan); and most recently, a 2024 public program (In Conversation with Veteran Civil Rights Activist Ernest McMillan). \r\n\r\nIn addition, his late mother, beloved local activist Eva McMillan, recorded an oral history, which is available here: Eva McMillan Oral History \u2013 Works \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator","In 2023, Ernest McMillan published two connected books: a memoir of his activism, Standing: One Man's Odyssey During the Turbulent '60s, and a book of poetry, Kneeling: Poems and Verses Transcending the Turbulent '60s. As of early 2025, signed copies of these publications are available in the Museum's online store: Standing: One Man\u2019s Odyssey During the Turbulent \u201860s by Ernest McMill \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and Kneeling: Poems and Verses Transcending the Turbulent \u201860s by Ernest M \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"71923"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Duration: 50 Minutes"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["0E-10"]}}]}