/internal/media/dispatcher/75428/fullCynthia Smith-Kelly Oral History07/27/2022Duration: 28 MinutesBorn digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2022.001.00510Videotaped oral history interview with Cynthia Smith-Kelly. A Dallas ninth grader in 1963, Smith-Kelly observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. Inspired by assassination news coverage to become a broadcast journalist, in 1983 she covered the 20th anniversary of the assassination for WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. Smith-Kelly’s late mother, Marquita Smith, attended the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon and saved a bottle of club soda that was later donated to the Museum.
Interview conducted via Zoom on July 27, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-eight minutes long.
Oral Histories657300E-100E-1073376Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Cynthia Smith-Kelly. A Dallas ninth grader in 1963, Smith-Kelly observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. Inspired by assassination news coverage to become a broadcast journalist, in 1983 she covered the 20th anniversary of the assassination for WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. Smith-Kelly’s late mother, Marquita Smith, attended the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon and saved a bottle of club soda that was later donated to the Museum.
Interview conducted via Zoom on July 27, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-eight minutes long.InterviewsOral historiesPressMotorcadeMain StreetAssassinationAnniversaryTrade Mart luncheonStudentAnniversaryReporterTelevisionChildhoodYouthJohnson, Lyndon B.Dallas Trade MartDallasKansas CityChildhood Recollections (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)News Media (OHC)History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Cynthia Smith-Kelly's brother, Craig Smith, also recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2022. The bottle of club soda discussed during this interview may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73313. - Stephen Fagin, Curator