{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"70994"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Raphael Cassimere Jr. Professor emeritus of history and the first African American instructor hired by the University of New Orleans, Cassimere served as president of the New Orleans NAACP Youth Council from 1960 to 1966. During that time, he led voter registration drives as well as a successful two-year boycott of thirty-five local businesses. \r\n\r\nInterview conducted over Zoom on May 14, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and seven minutes long."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2021.001.0033"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Raphael Cassimere Jr. Professor emeritus of history and the first African American instructor hired by the University of New Orleans, Cassimere served as president of the New Orleans NAACP Youth Council from 1960 to 1966. During that time, he led voter registration drives as well as a successful two-year boycott of thirty-five local businesses. \r\n\r\nInterview conducted over Zoom on May 14, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 7 minutes long.\r\n\r\nTechnical note: This interview consists of a Zoom audio-video file, an isolated Zoom combined audio track, and HD video reference of Stephen Fagin in 501 Elm board room. \r\n\r\nThe video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/72348/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Video","mediaId":"72348"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Dr. Raphael Cassimere Jr. Oral History"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Oral Histories"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/72348/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Civil rights","Oral histories","Voting","Protests","NAACP","New Orleans","Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)","Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Oral history"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"05/14/2021"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["0E-10"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Less than a week after this oral history was recorded, Dr. Cassimere was the keynote speaker at the University of New Orleans' spring 2021 commencement ceremonies. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, four separate commencement ceremonies were held between May 19-20, 2021--and Dr. Cassimere spoke at all of them! \r\n\r\nAn hour-long video lecture by Dr. Cassimere, entitled \"The First Louisianians,\" may be viewed on the YouTube channel of the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies:  \u201cThe First Louisianians\u201d by Raphael Cassimere, Jr. - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65710"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Duration: 67 Minutes"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["0E-10"]}}]}