Interview with Thomas G. McDowell, December 16, 2020
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
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Tom McDowell graduated from Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, KY in 1966 and enrolled at the University of Kentucky in the fall of that year. While a student, he joined the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). In this interview he discusses the 2020 pandemic, the 2020 Presidential election, and events and his experiences on the U.K. campus from 1966 to 1968.Interview Accession
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2020 pandemic 2020 Presidential election President Donald J. Trump President-elect Joseph R. Biden 1966 revision of state Constitution referendum critical thinking skills Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) John W. Oswald Otis A. Singletary Jack Hall campus police Free Speech Movement Lexington Police Department Vietnam War 1968 Tet Offensive public opinion Kentucky Kernel Anti-War and Anti-Draft MovementInterview Rights
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McDowell, Thomas G. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 16 Dec. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
McDowell, T.G. (2020, December 16). Interview by J. Suchanek. University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
McDowell, Thomas G., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. December 16, 2020, University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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