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
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 CommentaryA 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
