/internal/media/dispatcher/75745/fullBill Day Oral History05/13/2021Duration: 55 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.00300Videotaped 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.
Oral Histories721690E-100E-1070985Oral history0E-10Videotaped 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.
Civil rightsOral historiesStudentProtestsVotingPeaceSegregationRacismKennedy, John F.NAACPMississippiDallasCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)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