/internal/media/dispatcher/76134/fullAlex Preston Oral History09/26/2023Duration: 65 MinutesBorn digital (.mp4 file), Born digital (.vtt file), Born digital (.m4a file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2023.001.00620Videotaped oral history interview with Alex Preston. A Dallas high school student, Preston and her brother observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. Her late mother, Mary Faye Jones, was among the few African Americans invited to the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963.
Interview conducted via Zoom on September 26, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and five minutes long.
Technical 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).Oral Histories729580E-100E-1073975Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Alex Preston. A Dallas high school student, Preston and her brother observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. Her late mother, Mary Faye Jones, was among the few African Americans invited to the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963.
Interview conducted via Zoom on September 26, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and five minutes long.Oral historiesDowntown DallasSegregationCold WarNuclear threatCivil rightsTrade Mart luncheonStudentRace relationsIntegrationRacism1960sMain StreetKing, Martin Luther, Jr.DallasTexasChildhood Recollections (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Following this 2023 Zoom recording, the Museum recorded an onsite video interview with Alex Preston during a visit to Dallas in October 2024. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorThe Museum's Oral History Collection includes several interviews from individuals who also watched the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. A selection of these recordings may be viewed on the Museum's online database here: Search "main street" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
A selection of films and photographs of the motorcade from Main Street may be viewed here: Search "main street" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
An interactive map of the Presidential motorcade route through Dallas on November 22, 1963, can be viewed on the Museum's website here: Interactive Motorcade Map | The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger