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

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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