Interview with Barry D. Burton, September 26, 2023
Project: I Was Here Oral History Project
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Lexington, Kentucky native Barry D. Burton discusses his family, childhood, military service, and how he came to be involved with and become the "Holy Man" of I Was Here. Burton also touches Pandemic lockdown, the Covid vaccine, the Black Lives Matter movement, and racism in America.Interview Accession
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Burton, Barry D. Interview by Kopana Terry. 26 Sep. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Burton, B.D. (2023, September 26). Interview by K. Terry. I Was Here Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Burton, Barry D., interview by Kopana Terry. September 26, 2023, I Was Here Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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