Versie Murchison Oral History
Object number2023.001.0005
Date01/17/2023
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Versie Murchison
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 87 Minutes
Collections
- Civil Rights Movement
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
- Civil Rights: Piccadilly Cafeteria Protest
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Versie Murchison. A student at Bishop College in Dallas, Murchison participated in a prominent civil rights demonstration at the downtown Piccadilly Cafeteria in 1964. As a result of her activism, she was suspended from college for one semester.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 17, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and twenty-seven minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryThe Museum's Dallas County Sheriff's Department Collection includes more than 150 surveillance photographs taken during the 1964 civil rights demonstration at the Piccadilly Cafeteria. Those images may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/collections/37303/civil-rights-piccadilly-cafeteria-protest -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
