Dr. Gordon Mantler Oral History
Object number2021.001.0085
Date09/20/2021
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Dr. Gordon Mantler
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: 71 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Gordon Mantler. An associate professor of history and writing at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Mantler is the author of Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition & the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974 (2013).
Interview conducted over Zoom on September 20, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 11 minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIn addition to his 2013 book, Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974, Dr. Mantler is the author of several academic articles, including "'The Press Did You In': The Poor People's Campaign and the Mass Media," published in Spring 2010 in The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture. This article won the Ronald T. and Gayla D. Farrar Media and Civil Rights Award in 2011. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
