Interview with Marilyn Dishman, March 5, 2020
Project: Chronicle of African Americans in the Horse Industry Oral History Project
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Marilyn Dishman is the daughter of Oscar Dishman, Jr., an acclaimed horse trainer and civil rights activist. In this interview, Dishman discusses her family's history with horses, her own involvement with horses while helping her father, and her father's many accomplishments throughout his career. She describes her experiences in a segregated school, experiencing racism and discrimination after moving to integrated churches and schools, and her later career as a teacher. She describes the discrimination her family experienced in the horse industry.Interview Accession
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Fathers African American teachers. African American churches Boycotts. Civil rights movements--United States Discrimination in education. Educational equalization Education--Kentucky School integration Segregation in education. Teachers Teaching Horse buyers Horse owners Desegregation Oscar Dishman, Jr.Interview LC Subject
African American families African American horsemen and horsewomen African Americans African Americans--Employment Genealogy African Americans--Genealogy Childhood Families Family histories Family history Horse industry Horse racing Race horses African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Education African Americans--Religion African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Social conditions Horse trainers Race discrimination Race relations--Kentucky RacismInterview Rights
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Dishman, Marilyn Interview by Karen Lanier. 05 Mar. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Dishman, M. (2020, March 05). Interview by K. Lanier. Chronicle of African Americans in the Horse Industry Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Dishman, Marilyn, interview by Karen Lanier. March 05, 2020, Chronicle of African Americans in the Horse Industry Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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