/internal/media/dispatcher/70878/fullBetty Daniels Rosemond Oral History05/27/2021Duration: 73 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.00380Videotaped oral history interview with Betty Daniels Rosemond. A dedicated civil rights activist, Rosemond met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while attending high school in New Orleans. As a CORE Freedom Rider in 1961, she nearly lost her life to a mob during a stop in Poplarville, Mississippi. Rosemond participated in several non-violent protests in the early 1960s and was arrested during a restaurant sit-in in Alexandria, Virginia.
Interview conducted over Zoom on May 27, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 13 minutes long.
Technical 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.
The 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.Oral Histories660780E-100E-1071011Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Betty Daniels Rosemond. A dedicated civil rights activist, Rosemond met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while attending high school in New Orleans. As a CORE Freedom Rider in 1961, she nearly lost her life to a mob during a stop in Poplarville, Mississippi. Rosemond participated in several non-violent protests in the early 1960s and was arrested during a restaurant sit-in in Alexandria, Virginia.
Interview conducted over Zoom on May 27, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 13 minutes long.Oral historiesCivil rightsProtestsArrestKing, Martin Luther, Jr.Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)New OrleansPoplarvilleAlexandriaCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices From the Civil Rights Movement: Betty Daniels Rosemond - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, CuratorBetty Daniel Rosemond passed away January 18, 2026. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger