Interview with Bettye Simpson, August 11, 1986
Project: Black People in Lexington Oral History Project
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Ms. Simpson talks about her family history and graduation from Dunbar High School and Kentucky State University. She reminisces about "Irishtown," her career as a social worker, and the discrimination she encountered at the Chestnut Street YWCA. She discusses the role of African American clergy in the civil rights movement in Lexington, and the churches' influence upon the community. She recalls an attempt to establish an independent African American school in Lexington.Interview Accession
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Simpson, Bettye Interview by Ann Grundy. 11 Aug. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Simpson, B. (1986, August 11). Interview by A. Grundy. Black People in Lexington Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Simpson, Bettye, interview by Ann Grundy. August 11, 1986, Black People in Lexington Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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