Interview with James Grant, April 16, 2022

Project: League of Women Voters Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Grant talks about growing up in Lexington, Kentucky and attending Bryan Station High School. He is currently a senior and received a lot of political influence from his father. Grant is very politically active and as a member of the League of Women Voters. He serves as the student representative on the local board and is also on the We Vote committee. He also is on the Civil Rights Restoration committee for the state league. He first became interested in politics around the 2016 election. He remembers going to an Obama rally on his fifth birthday and watching the U.S. capitol insurrection take place live on January 6, 2021.

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2022oh0314_lwv0011

Interviewee Name

James Grant

Interviewer Name

Madison Cissell

Interview Date

2022-04-16

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Grant, James Interview by Madison Cissell. 16 Apr. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Grant, J. (2022, April 16). Interview by M. Cissell. League of Women Voters Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Grant, James, interview by Madison Cissell. April 16, 2022, League of Women Voters Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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