Gene Guerrero Oral History
Object number2021.001.0058
Date07/16/2021
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Gene Guerrero
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
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Gene Guerrero. Guerrero was raised in Dallas and was attending Emory University in Atlanta when he became active in the Civil Rights Movement. As part of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, Guerrero was the first chairman of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, which focused on several political and social issues including civil rights and anti-Vietnam War activism. Guerrero was also co-founder of the long running counterculture newspaper, "The Great Speckled Bird."
Interview conducted via Zoom on July 16, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and eleven minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryDocuments related to Gene Guerrero's civil rights activism in 1964, including a list of contacts and a daily report, may be found here in the Civil Rights Digital Library: Guerrero, Gene - Civil Rights Digital Library. A 2016 oral history, running one hour and forty-eight minutes, may be accessed as part of the Georgia State University Library digital collections here: Gene Guerrero oral history interview, 2016-06-03 - Great Speckled Bird - Georgia State University Library Digital Collections. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
A history of the counterculture newspaper, The Great Speckled Bird, and a complete run of digitized issues may be found here as part of the Georgia State University Library: Home - The Great Speckled Bird - GSU Library Research Guides at Georgia State University. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
