/internal/media/dispatcher/70885/fullSharlene Kranz Oral History08/30/2021Duration: 67 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.00790Videotaped 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.
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 Histories659890E-100E-1072445Oral history0E-10Videotaped 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.InterviewsOral historiesCivil rightsFuneralFuneral servicesStudentMarch on WashingtonChildhoodPoor People's CampaignStudent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)DallasWashington, D.C.New YorkTuskegeeDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Childhood Recollections (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Kennedy Funeral (OHC)As 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