Interview with Nannie Croney, April 19, 2017
Project: African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project
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This interview with Nannie Croney focuses on her experiences growing up and living in Hopkinsville. Croney talks about overcoming leukemia as a five year old, which temporarily made her lose the use of her fingers. She discusses issues her children had with discrimination in school. Croney also talks about how later in life she returned to college, and started a career in social work.Interview Accession
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Croney, Nannie Interview by Janet Bravard. 19 Apr. 2017. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Croney, N. (2017, April 19). Interview by J. Bravard. African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Croney, Nannie, interview by Janet Bravard. April 19, 2017, African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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