/internal/media/dispatcher/72349/fullDorothy Zellner Oral History09/16/2021Duration: 50 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.00840Videotaped oral history interview with Dorothy Zellner. A dedicated civil rights activist throughout the 1960s, Zellner was attacked with a high-pressure fire hose during a protest in Danville, Virginia, in June 1963. She was running the northeast regional office of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the time of the assassination.
Interview conducted over Zoom on September 16, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 50 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 Histories658000E-100E-1072459Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Dorothy Zellner. A dedicated civil rights activist throughout the 1960s, Zellner was attacked with a high-pressure fire hose during a protest in Danville, Virginia, in June 1963. She was running the northeast regional office of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the time of the assassination.
Interview conducted over Zoom on September 16, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty minutes long.InterviewsOral historiesCivil rightsProtestsStudent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)DallasDanvilleCambridgeCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Dorothy Zellner is co-editor of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC (2010). As of 2022, she also serves on the board of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee Legacy Project. A digital archive of primary source material related to her activism may be accessed here: Dorothy Zellner - SNCC Digital Gateway SNCC Digital Gateway. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator