/internal/media/dispatcher/73703/fullDavid Searls Oral History10/03/2022Duration: 31 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2022.001.00730Videotaped oral history interview with David Searls. A freshman at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1963, Searls recalls hearing about Jack Ruby and his nightclub prior to the assassination. The following year Searls witnessed a civil rights demonstration on campus.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 3, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is 31 minutes long.Oral Histories658100E-100E-1073498Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with David Searls. A freshman at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1963, Searls recalls hearing about Jack Ruby and his nightclub prior to the assassination. In 1964, Searls witnessed a civil rights demonstration on campus.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 3, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-one minutes long.InterviewsOral historiesStudentCivil rightsProtestsRuby, JackSouthern Methodist UniversityCarousel ClubDallasDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Jack Ruby (OHC)Prior to visiting the Museum in Fall 2022 for this video interview, David Searls recorded an audio oral history on June 25, 2021. His former SMU roommate, Robert Sindelar, also recorded an oral history in 2021. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator