Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History

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Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Betty Daniels Rosemond. A dedicated civil rights activist, Rosemond met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while attending high school in New Orleans. As a CORE Freedom Rider in 1961, she nearly lost her life to a mob during a stop in Poplarville, Mississippi. Rosemond participated in several non-violent protests in the early 1960s and was arrested during a restaurant sit-in in Alexandria, Virginia.Interview conducted over Zoom on May 27, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 13 minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History

Date:

05/27/2021

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 73 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2021.001.0038

Curatorial Note:

This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices From the Civil Rights Movement: Betty Daniels Rosemond - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Betty Daniels Rosemond. A dedicated civil rights activist, Rosemond met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while attending high school in New Orleans. As a CORE Freedom Rider in 1961, she nearly lost her life to a mob during a stop in Poplarville, Mississippi. Rosemond participated in several non-violent protests in the early 1960s and was arrested during a restaurant sit-in in Alexandria, Virginia.Interview conducted over Zoom on May 27, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 13 minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Betty Daniels Rosemond Oral History

Date:

05/27/2021

Terms:

Oral histories

Civil rights

Protests

Arrest

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

New Orleans

Poplarville

Alexandria

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 73 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2021.001.0038

Curatorial Note:

This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices From the Civil Rights Movement: Betty Daniels Rosemond - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator