Interview with James Victor, January 5, 2018

Project: African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project

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James Victor, a Hopkinsville native, graduated from Attucks High School in 1963. He played basketball at the city's only black high school. Victor's father worked for dry cleaners while his mother was a stay-at-home mom. Victor earned a bachelor's in Industrial Arts at Kentucky State University and Master's at Eastern Kentucky University. Victor taught industrial arts in Christian County and later served as the Chairman of the Local Development Corporation in Hopkinsville.

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2018oh469_aahop004

Interviewee Name

James Victor

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Jennifer P. Brown

Interview Date

2018-01-05

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Victor, James Interview by Jennifer P. Brown. 05 Jan. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Victor, J. (2018, January 05). Interview by J. P. Brown. African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Victor, James, interview by Jennifer P. Brown. January 05, 2018, African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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