/internal/media/dispatcher/70891/fullJennifer Lawson Oral History11/08/2021Duration: 94 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.01030Videotaped oral history interview with Jennifer Lawson. A former PBS programming executive, Lawson grew up near Birmingham, Alabama, and was first arrested during a civil rights march in May 1963. She eventually left Tuskegee University to become a full-time field secretary for the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. Working in Lowndes County, Alabama, Lawson helped create a series of comic books and billboards to promote voter education in 1966.
Interview conducted over Zoom on November 8, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 34 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 Histories659900E-100E-1072526Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Jennifer Lawson. A former PBS programming executive, Lawson grew up near Birmingham, Alabama, and was first arrested during a civil rights march in May 1963. She eventually left Tuskegee University to become a full-time field secretary for the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. Working in Lowndes County, Alabama, Lawson helped create a series of comic books and billboards to promote voter education in 1966.
Interview conducted over Zoom on November 8, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 34 minutes long.InterviewsCivil rightsOral historiesProtestsStudentArrestVotingStudent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)DallasBirminghamAlabamaCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement: Jennifer Lawson - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator