Ron Ridenour Oral History

Object number2023.001.0020

Date03/03/2023

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Ron Ridenour

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: 87 Minutes

Collections

Civil Rights Movement
All Online Objects
Oral History Collection

DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Ron Ridenour. While attending college in the early 1960s, Ridenour joined the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, protested the Bay of Pigs invasion, and was arrested during the Cuban Missile Crisis while trying to travel to Cuba. He was later a civil rights worker in Mississippi and became active in the anti-Vietnam War movement. Interview conducted via Zoom on March 3, 2023 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and twenty-seven minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Ron Ridenour's website includes an archive of poems, short stories, articles and more information on his career as a writer, journalist and activist for peace, equality, and justice. It may be found here: Ron Ridenour: About Ron Ridenour. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

This oral history with Ron Ridenour is one of eleven recordings that the Museum was pleased to provide to the Vimeo channel of the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Archive. The Sixth Floor Museum showcase may be accessed here: Civil Rights Movement Archive video channel: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Oral History Collection. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

A mugshot of Ron Ridenour, taken following his arrest on June 24, 1964 in Mississippi, may be seen on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History website here: Digital Archives - Mississippi Department of Archives and History. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger