Voices From the Civil Rights Movement: Betty Daniels Rosemond

To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is pleased to share a special series of one-on-one conversations with 1960s civil rights activists. This installment features Freedom Rider Betty Daniels Rosemond. While attending high school in New Orleans, Rosemond met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and became locally active with the Congress of Racial Equality. During a 1961 Freedom Ride, she nearly lost her life to a mob during a stop in Poplarville, Mississippi. Rosemond later participated in several non-violent protests in the early 1960s and was arrested during a restaurant sit-in in Alexandria, Virginia. This interview was recorded via Zoom on May 27, 2021. This interview may contain harsh language and descriptions of violence and may experience occasion technical difficulties.
All interviews featured in the “Voices from the Civil Rights Movement” series are part of the ongoing Oral History Project at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. More than 2,000 interviews have been recorded to date, exploring the history and culture of the 1960s as well as the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. If you are interested in researching or participating in the Oral History Project, please contact [e-mail]. To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (emuseum.jfk.org).