Ron Carver Oral History
Object number2021.001.0037
Date05/24/2021
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Ron Carver
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
DimensionsDuration: 71 Minutes
Terms
- Oral histories
- Author
- Arrest
- Student
- Vietnam
- Civil rights
- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
- Atlanta
- Mississippi
- Massachusetts
- Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
- Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- Childhood Recollections (OHC)
- Vietnam (OHC)
- News Media (OHC)
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Ron Carver. A Massachusetts native, Carver spent the summer of 1964 working at the Atlanta headquarters of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. He then volunteered with SNCC for the next year in Mississippi, where he was once arrested and beaten in jail. As a student at Columbia University in 1968, Carver became an anti-Vietnam War activist. He is co-editor of "Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War" (2019).
Interview conducted via Zoom on May 24, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eleven minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryInformation and educational resources related to Ron Carver's 2019 book, Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War, may be found here on his website: Book — Waging Peace In Vietnam. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
A number of articles written by Ron Carver may be found on the Other Words.org website: Ron Carver - OtherWords. - Stephen Fagin, Curator