“The Legacy of the 1968 Kerner Commission Report” Program

Object number2022.001.0088

Date12/10/2022

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject John Fullinwider

Oral history interview subject Classi Nance

Oral history interview subject James Hawthorne

Oral history interviewer Marvin Dulaney

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.mp4 file); Born digital (.wav file)

DimensionsDuration: 83 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped community conversation program entitled "The Legacy of the 1968 Kerner Commission Report" featuring Dallas community organizer John Fullinwider, conceptual and social practice artist Classi Nance and Cedar Hill ISD police chief James Hawthorne. The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Marvin Dulaney, Acting Deputy Director of the Dallas African American Museum. Public program recorded at and in partnership with the Dallas African American Museum on December 10, 2022. The program is one hour and twenty-three minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

This program, recorded at and in partnership with the Dallas African American Museum, was part of a series of community conversations in support of the traveling exhibition, Solidarity Now! The 1968 Poor People's Campaign. Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the exhibit ran at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza from August 13, 2022 to February 26, 2023. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

Dr. Marvin Dulaney also participated as a panelist in the Sixth Floor Museum public program, "The Great Society: A Community Conversation," presented in partnership with the Dallas Theater Center on March 12, 2018. That program may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: The Great Society: A Community Conversation - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator