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John Abraham Oral History
Audio oral history interview with John Abraham. A freshman at North Texas State University in 1963, Abraham briefly saw the Kennedy motorcade on its way to Parkland Memorial Hospital. As a part-time employee of the Abbey Rental Company, he helped pack up furnishings at the Dallas Trade Mart after the assassination. At the time, Abraham’s late father was a stereotyper at The Dallas Morning News printing plant. Interview conducted by telephone on Marzo 22, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
John Abraham Oral History
03/22/2019
Nacido digital (.wav file)
Duración: 55 minutos
Colección de Historia Oral/Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza
2019.001.0036
John Abraham's father, the late George Abraham, was a native of Syria. He worked in the stereotyper department at The Dallas Morning News for a total of thirty-three years. After immigrating to the United States, Abraham lived in both Mississippi and Texas, experiencing experienced years of prejudice and racism which also impacted his son, who was frequently mistaken for an African American. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

John Abraham Oral History
Audio oral history interview with John Abraham. A freshman at North Texas State University in 1963, Abraham briefly saw the Kennedy motorcade on its way to Parkland Memorial Hospital. As a part-time employee of the Abbey Rental Company, he helped pack up furnishings at the Dallas Trade Mart after the assassination. At the time, Abraham’s late father was a stereotyper at The Dallas Morning News printing plant. Interview conducted by telephone on Marzo 22, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
John Abraham Oral History
03/22/2019
Relatos orales
Estudiante
Comitiva
Almuerzo Trade Mart
Mercado de Dallas
El Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Dallas Trade Mart (OHC)
Medios de comunicación (OHC)
Derechos civiles y activismo social (OHC)
Historia y Cultura de Dallas y los años 60 (OHC)
Nacido digital (.wav file)
Duración: 55 minutos
Colección de Historia Oral/Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza
2019.001.0036
John Abraham's father, the late George Abraham, was a native of Syria. He worked in the stereotyper department at The Dallas Morning News for a total of thirty-three years. After immigrating to the United States, Abraham lived in both Mississippi and Texas, experiencing experienced years of prejudice and racism which also impacted his son, who was frequently mistaken for an African American. - Stephen Fagin, Curator