Gloria Xifaras Clark Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Gloria Xifaras Clark. A first-grade teacher in Dartmouth, Massachusetts in 1963, Clark and her husband witnessed the Kennedy funeral procession in Washington D.C. The following year she became a civil rights educator and activist in Mississippi, teaching at Freedom Schools and organizing with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She was later an anti-Vietnam War activist. Interview conducted over Zoom on April 5, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-four minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Gloria Xifaras Clark Oral History

Date:

04/05/2022

Terms:

Interviews

Civil rights

Oral histories

Protests

Funeral services

Procession

Education

Democrats

Vietnam

Washington, D.C.

Dartmouth

Mississippi

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Kennedy Funeral (OHC)

Vietnam (OHC)

Medium:

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

Dimensions:

Duration: 54 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2022.001.0021

Curatorial Note:

The Gloria Xifaras Clark Papers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries includes materials related to her civil rights and social activism. A finding aid, as well as a 1964 photo of Ms. Clark, may be found here: Gloria Xifaras Clark Papers Finding Aid : Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries. - Stephen Fagin, Curator