Interview with Wilbur Hackett, Jr., May 31, 2019
Project: University of Kentucky: The African American Experience Oral History Project
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Hackett recounts his life growing up in Kentucky and dealing with racism. His college football career was also laced with discrimination and racism. Though he often faced adversity, he accepted it for being "the way things were."Interview Accession
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Race relations African American college students African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States African Americans--Education African Americans--Race identity African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Social conditions--1964-1975 University of Kentucky--Football Discrimination in education Education Race relations--Kentucky School integration--Kentucky Segregation in education--Kentucky African Americans--Southern States Education, Higher--Kentucky Football players RacismInterview Rights
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Hackett, Wilbur, Jr. Interview by Le Datta Grimes. 31 May. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hackett, W., Jr. (2019, May 31). Interview by L. D. Grimes. University of Kentucky: The African American Experience Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hackett, Wilbur, Jr., interview by Le Datta Grimes. May 31, 2019, University of Kentucky: The African American Experience Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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