Richard Smiley Oral History

Object number2023.001.0006

Date01/19/2023

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Richard Smiley

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file), Born digital (.m4a file)

DimensionsDuration: 51 Minutes

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Collections

Civil Rights Movement
All Online Objects
Oral History Collection

DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Richard Smiley. A native of Selma, Alabama, at age sixteen Smiley experienced the violence of “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965. He then took part in the five-day march from Selma to Montgomery. After joining the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Smiley was active with voter registration in Georgia and Alabama. Interview conducted via Zoom on January 19, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

A photograph of Richard Smiley, taken in Atlanta in 1965, may be found in the Bob Fitch Photography Archive at Stanford University Libraries. The image may be accessed here: Richard Smiley, SCLC field organizer - The Bob Fitch Photography Archive - Spotlight at Stanford. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator