/internal/media/dispatcher/73984/fullLee Desta Oral History05/13/2022Duration: 78 MinutesBorn digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2022.001.00350Videotaped oral history interview with Lee Desta. Partly inspired by President Kennedy, Desta served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968. That experience had a profound impact on her life.
Interview conducted over Zoom on May 13, 2022 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 17 minutes long.
Technical note: This interview consists of a Zoom audio-video file (.MP4), a Zoom gallery view file (.MP4), a Zoom subtitles file (.VTT), and an isolated Zoom audio track (.MP4A).Oral Histories660840E-100E-1073166Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Lee Desta. Partly inspired by President Kennedy, Desta served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968. That experience had a profound impact on her life.
Interview conducted via Zoom on May 13, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and seventeen minutes long.
InterviewsOral historiesKennedy, John F.Peace CorpsEthiopiaDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Peace Corps (OHC)Another Peace Corps volunteer assigned to Lee Desta's 1966-1968 Ethiopia group was Andy Krieger, who recorded an oral history with the Museum on January 27, 2021. - Stephen Fagin, Curator