/internal/media/dispatcher/72539/fullAlice Pretlow Oral History09/06/2022Duration: 56 MinutesBorn digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2022.001.00640Videotaped 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 Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 56 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 Histories657280E-100E-1073341Oral history0E-10Videotaped 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.InterviewsCivil rightsOral historiesProtestsPoor People's CampaignChildhoodStudentIntegrationWashington, D.C.BatesvilleCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Childhood Recollections (OHC)In 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