Linda Halpern Oral History

Object number2021.001.0090

Date10/05/2021

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Linda Halpern

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: 73 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Linda Halpern. A schoolteacher for nearly fifty years, Halpern volunteered with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee for the Mississippi Freedom Summer project in 1964. During that experience, she was accosted with a noose, spent a week in jail and aided a fellow civil rights worker who had been shot. Halpern later served in the Peace Corps in West Africa from 1966-1968. Interview conducted via Zoom on October 5, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and sixteen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Now retired after a long teaching career, Linda Wetmore Halpern continues to be generous with her time, always willing to share her memories of the Civil Rights Movement. A 106-minute Zoom interview conducted by two high school students in 2020 may be found here as part of the Civil Rights Movement Archive on Vimeo: Linda Wetmore Halpern - Student Interview on Vimeo. - Stephen Fagin, Curator