Bill Day Oral History

Object number2021.001.0030

Date05/13/2021

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Bill Day

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)

DimensionsDuration: 55 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Bill Day. As a student at Wichita State University in Kansas, Day joined the NAACP and became active in the Civil Rights Movement, inspired in part by President Kennedy. He spent two weeks protesting and working on voter registration in Mississippi in 1964. He later supported the peace movement. Interview conducted via Zoom on May 13, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

An essay written by Bill Day in 2020 entitled From Kansas to Mississippi was posted to the Civil Rights Movement Archive and is available here: Civil Rights Movement -- From Kansas to Mississippi. - Stephen Fagin, Curator