Cynthia Sharp Oral History

Object number2019.001.0116

Date09/24/2019

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Cynthia Sharp

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 17 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Cynthia Sharp. As a fifth grader in California in 1963, Sharp and her classmates did a cultural study of Russia, which proved controversial among some parents. She later became a social rights activist and protested the Vietnam War. Interview conducted at the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas on September 24, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is seventeen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Cynthia Sharp was one of five members of the Irving Women's Network who agreed to record an oral history during an outreach visit to the Las Colinas Country Club in 2019. If you are interested in scheduling an oral history outreach visit for your organization or retirement community in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, please contact oralhistory@jfk.org. - Stephen Fagin, Curator