Sharlene Kranz Oral History
Object number2021.001.0079
Date08/30/2021
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Sharlene Kranz
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: 67 Minutes
Terms
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Civil rights
- Funeral
- Funeral services
- Student
- March on Washington
- Childhood
- Poor People's Campaign
- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
- Dallas
- Washington, D.C.
- New York
- Tuskegee
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- Childhood Recollections (OHC)
- Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
- Kennedy Funeral (OHC)
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Sharlene Kranz. As a high school student in Washington, D.C. in 1963, Kranz became active with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, attended the March on Washington, and visited the Capitol Rotunda to pay her respects during the assassination weekend. She continued to work for SNCC in the New York and Washington offices and in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1965. As part of the National Welfare Rights Organization, she participated in the 1968 Poor People's Campaign.
Interview conducted over Zoom on August 30, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 67 minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryAs discussed during this interview, Ms. Kranz is a board member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Legacy Project. As of spring 2022, she manages the organization's website, an extensive online repository preserving the history and legacy of SNCC: SNCC Legacy - Home (sncclegacyproject.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
