Alice Pretlow Oral History
Object number2022.001.0064
Date09/06/2022
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interviewer
Alice Pretlow
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: 56 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Alice Pretlow. As a fourth grader in 1965, Pretlow was among the first students to attend an integrated school in Batesville, Mississippi. She recalls harassment and bullying by white students on the school bus. Pretlow later visited Washington, D.C. during the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign.
Interview conducted over Zoom on September 6, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIn 2021, Alice Tucker Pretlow wrote an essay entitled "My Integration SuperHero," which detailed her experiences attending an integrated school in Batesville, Mississippi, beginning in the fourth grade in 1965. The essay may be read in full here: Civil Rights Movement -- My Integration SuperHero (crmvet.org). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator