/internal/media/dispatcher/79117/fullMiriam Cohen Oral History09/16/2024Duration: 25 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2024.001.00690Videotaped oral history interview with Miriam Cohen. Cohen moved to Dallas as a newlywed in 1960 and voted for John F. Kennedy in her first election. She observed the presidential motorcade on Lemmon Avenue on the day of the assassination.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 16, 2024 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.Oral Histories733790E-100E-1074470Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Miriam Cohen. Cohen moved to Dallas as a newlywed in 1960 and voted for John F. Kennedy in her first election. She observed the presidential motorcade on Lemmon Avenue on the day of the assassination.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 16, 2024 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.Oral histories1960s1960 presidential electionVotingKennedy supporterDemocratsSocial and political climateFashionDowntown DallasNuclear threatMotorcadeLemmon AvenueAssassinationTelevisionTV coverageOlan, Rabbi Levi A.Zapruder FamilyRuby, JackTemple Emanu-ElNeiman MarcusDallasOhioHoustonDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)Abraham Zapruder Film (OHC)This interview is a great example of the power of oral history outreach in the community. After Miriam Cohen's friend heard me give a presentation about the Museum's Oral History Project at the Richardson Senior Center in Richardson, Texas, she suggested that Ms. Cohen contact me about her memories of the Kennedy motorcade. Ms. Cohen volunteered for an interview, which we recorded on September 16, 2024. After this interview, Ms. Cohen in turn suggested that I give my oral history outreach presentation at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas. A few months later, my visit to Temple Emanu-El on January 16, 2025, yielded six more oral history interviews. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorThe Museum's Collection includes several oral history interviews with individuals who, like Miriam Cohen, observed the Kennedy motorcade from Lemmon Ave. A selection of these interviews, as well asphotographs, may be found in the Museum's online collections database: Results – Advanced Search Objects – 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