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Dr. Trudie Reed Oral History

Object number2020.001.0004
Date01/14/2020
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Trudie Reed
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 51 Minutes
DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Dr. Trudie Reed. As a Dallas high school student in 1963, Reed worked closely with prominent civil rights activist Juanita Craft. Reed became locally involved with the NAACP and attended two NAACP national conventions with Mrs. Craft. Interview conducted by telephone on January 14, 2020 by Stephen Fagin and C. Dealey Campbell. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
This was one in a series of interviews recorded in partnership with the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House in Dallas. Other oral histories in the Museum's collection that explore the life and activism of Ms. Craft include Ron Bivins, Prince Cartwright Jr. and Marsha Middleton. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator