Dr. Leslie-Burl McLemore Oral History

Object number2022.001.0034

Date05/11/2022

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dr. Leslie-Burl McLemore

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file)

DimensionsDuration: 75 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Leslie-Burl McLemore. A longtime activist, political leader, and professor emeritus at Jackson State University, McLemore became active with the NAACP and Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s while attending Rust College in Mississippi. He was a coordinator of the 1963 Freedom Ballot campaign and served as vice chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). McLemore was a MFDP delegate at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Interview conducted via Zoom on May 11, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fifteen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

More information and online resources related to the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Ballot campaign may be found at the SNCC Digital Gateway here: Mississippi Freedom Vote - SNCC Digital Gateway SNCC Digital Gateway.

An extensive collection of digitized documents and photographs related to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party may be accessed via the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Archive here: Civil Rights Movement -- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Documents. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

A 2024 Mississippi Public Broadcasting interview with Dr. McLemore on the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling may be found here: Civil rights activist Leslie McLemore reflects on 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

An hour-long 2024 lecture by Dr. McLemore entitled "Freedom Summer: A Personal Odyssey," may be viewed via the Mississippi Department of Archives and History's YouTube channel: History Is Lunch: Leslie-Burl McLemore, "Freedom Summer; A Personal Odyssey" - YouTube.

A 90-minute oral history interview with Dr. McLemore as part of the Mississippi Freedom Project Oral History Project, recorded on July 26, 2022 (a little more than two months after this Zoom interview with The Sixth Floor Museum), may be viewed here on YouTube: An Oral History With Dr. Leslie Burl McLemore. July 26, 2022 - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Curator