Interview with Edna Mae Whitley, May 18, 1983

Project: Black Church in Kentucky Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Edna Whitley is a Sunday school teacher of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, located in Calhoun, Kentucky. Whitley discusses her experience of singing in the church. She touches on how religious music has changed over her lifetime and what she believes this change signifies.

Interview Accession

1984oh114_bck051

Interviewee Name

Edna Mae Whitley

Interviewer Name

Carl Smith

Interview Date

1983-05-18

Interview Keyword

African American Church in Kentucky African American singers African Americans Christianity Church Hymns Lining out Music Religion Religious music Religious worship

Interview LC Subject

African American churches--Kentucky African American clergy African American clergy--Kentucky African Americans--Religion Religion Whitley, Edna Mae Whitley, Edna Mae--Interviews African Americans

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