/internal/media/dispatcher/73787/fullPastor G. James Christopher Oral History04/19/2019Duration: 35 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2019.001.00450Videotaped oral history interview with Pastor G. James Christopher. A young civil rights activist in the 1960s, Christopher was inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As pastor of the St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Dallas, he provided the invocation at the opening of The Sixth Floor exhibit on February 20, 1989.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX on April 19, 2019 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 35 minutes long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories660950E-100E-1063889Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Pastor G. James Christopher. A young civil rights activist in the 1960s, Christopher was inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As pastor of the St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Dallas, he provided the invocation at the opening of The Sixth Floor exhibit on February 20, 1989.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 19, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-five minutes long.Oral historiesCivil rightsReligionCommunity leadersKing, Martin Luther, Jr.The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaCounty Commissioners CourtDallas County Historical FoundationDallasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)As discussed during this interview, a line from Pastor Christopher's invocation at the opening of The Sixth Floor exhibit -- "Today we stand whole again" -- was used as the front-page headline for the Dallas Times Herald on February 20, 1989. That front page may be found as part of the Museum's Dealey Plaza Interactive Guide (Dealey Plaza Interactive Guide (jfk.org)). Specifically, an image of the newspaper's front page is seen on the thirteenth slide in the "Facing Tragedy" visual story. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator