Interview with Anna Louise Johnson, July 17, 2006

Interview Summary

[Note: Fluctuations in audio occur throughout the interview, however the interview is still decipherable.]

Anna Louise Lanon Johnson talks about her family background and childhood in Paris, Kentucky. She talks about her education at segregated Paris Western High School, and her close relationship with the principal which led to her undergraduate education at Spelman College. Johnson also attended graduate school at Ohio State University and Iowa State University before enrolling at the University of Kentucky. She describes her experiences with race relations at UK, including her positive interactions with people from Eastern Kentucky. She talks about UK administrators and faculty. She talks about her career as a home economics teacher in Paris, Kentucky after her graduation.

Interview Keyword

African American Alumni African American families College environment College students, Black Discrimination in higher education Johnson, Anna Louise Johnson, Anna Louise--Interviews Minorities in higher education Teachers--Kentucky Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae. University of Kentucky Alumni

Interview LC Subject

African American college graduates--Kentucky African American college students--Social conditions African Americans--Education--Kentucky--Lexington College integration Paris (Ky.) University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--History Race relations--Kentucky

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