/internal/media/dispatcher/72360/fullPastor Michael Jossell Oral History07/28/2022Duration: 46 MinutesBorn digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2022.001.00520Videotaped oral history interview with Pastor Michael Jossell. A native of Quitman County in the Mississippi Delta, Jossell was a high school student when he participated in a 1968 civil rights march and observed the mule train in his hometown of Marks, Mississippi, during the Poor People’s Campaign.
Interview conducted over Zoom on July 28, 2022 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 46 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 Histories657250E-100E-1073304Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Pastor Michael Jossell. A native of Quitman County in the Mississippi Delta, Jossell was a high school student when he participated in a 1968 civil rights march and observed the mule train in his hometown of Marks, Mississippi, during the Poor People’s Campaign.
Interview conducted over Zoom on July 28, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-six minutes long.InterviewsOral historiesChildhoodStudentCivil rightsPoor People's CampaignProtestsMarksChildhood Recollections (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)In this interview, Pastor Jossell discusses the legacy of the mule train in Marks, Mississippi. More information about the Marks Mule Train and Poor People's Campaign historical marker (2015) in Quitman County, part of the Mississippi Freedom Trail, can be found here: Marks Mule Train and Poor Peoples Campaign Historical Marker (hmdb.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator As of summer 2022, Michael Jossell is pastor of the Mount Zion M.B. Church in Lambert, Mississippi, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2018. Hundreds of Pastor Jossell's powerful weekly sermons may be viewed in full on the church's Facebook page: Mount Zion M. B. Church of Lambert | Facebook. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator