{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"73945"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Peter de Lissovoy. In 1963, de Lissovoy dropped out of Harvard University to become active with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee in Albany, Georgia. Over the next two years, he was arrested numerous times, participated in marches, tested the new Civil Rights Act, and worked on the 1964 congressional campaign of African American attorney C.B. King.\r\n\r\nInterview conducted via Zoom on May 12, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2023.001.0032"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Videotaped oral history interview with Peter de Lissovoy. In 1963, de Lissovoy dropped out of Harvard University to become active with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee in Albany, Georgia. Over the next two years, he was arrested numerous times, participated in marches, tested the new Civil Rights Act, and worked on the 1964 congressional campaign of African American attorney C.B. King.\r\n\r\nInterview conducted via Zoom on May 12, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.\r\n\r\nTechnical note: This interview consists of a Zoom audio-video file (.MP4), a Zoom gallery view file (.MP4), a Zoom subtitles file (.VTT), and an isolated Zoom audio track (.MP4A)."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Born digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file), Born digital (.m4a file)"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/77026/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"77026"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/77085/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Video","mediaId":"77085"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Peter de Lissovoy Oral History"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Oral Histories"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/77026/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Interviews","Oral histories","Civil rights","Attorney","Campaign","Student","Race relations","Segregation","Integration","Racism","1960s","Social and political climate","Voting","Legislation","Vietnam","King, Martin Luther, Jr.","Johnson, Lyndon B.","Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)","Harvard University","NAACP","Albany","New Hampshire","Atlanta","Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)","Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Oral history"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"05/12/2023"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["0E-10"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Peter de Lissovoy\u2019s significant direct involvement in the Civil Rights Movement highlights an important era of American history from the 1960s. His experiences in Georgia as an activist, journalist, and member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, alongside his involvement in the Zimbabwe African National Union, led him to author several novels and nonfiction books. Feelgood (1970) explores the possibility of the American Civil Rights Movement failing, leading to a takeover of white supremacy. The Great Pool Jump (2020) is a limited release with only 500 copies produced with recollections of his and friends\u2019 experiences in Southern Georgia, highlighting their involvement in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. More informationtion on Lissovoy, including a personal memo, links to his public works, and a blog, can be found on his website here: Peter de Lissovoy - Works. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger","The Museum's Collection features several artifacts, oral history interviews, and public programs focused on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). These materials may be viewed on the Museum's online database here: Thesaurus \u2013 Vocabularies \u2013 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"72954"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Duration: 68 Minutes"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["0E-10"]}}]}