/internal/media/dispatcher/70880/fullDr. David Frankhauser Oral History07/14/2021Duration: 68 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.00570Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. David Frankhauser. While attending Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, Fankhauser became a civil rights Freedom Rider and was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in May 1961. He was incarcerated in a state penitentiary for forty-two days alongside fellow activist Stokely Carmichael. At the time of the assassination, Fankhauser was visiting Vienna, Austria.
Interview conducted over Zoom on July 14, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 8 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 Histories657890E-100E-1071141Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. David Frankhauser. While attending Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, Fankhauser became a civil rights Freedom Rider and was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in May 1961. He was incarcerated in a state penitentiary for forty-two days alongside fellow activist Stokely Carmichael. At the time of the assassination, Fankhauser was visiting Vienna, Austria.
Interview conducted over Zoom on July 14, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 8 minutes long.Civil rightsOral historiesStudentArrestCarmicheal, StokleyWilberforceJacksonViennaCivil 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: Dr. David Fankhauser - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator