Interview with Livingston Taylor, February 21, 1992
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Taylor, a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper out of the Frankfort Bureau from 1964-1987, discusses growing up in Eastern Illinois, his educational background and experiences as a journalist. Observations and opinions on Barry Bingham Sr., several Kentucky governors, the role of reporters and newspapers, the role of the legislative and executive branches of state government, and camaraderie and competition between reporters. Part 1 of 2..Interview Accession
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Bailey, Clay Wade bank interest rates Bingham, Barry, Jr Brighton Engineering Company (Frankfort, Ky.) Frankfort State Hospital journalistic ethics Kentucky Civil Rights Act Kentucky Commission on Civil Rights kickbacks legislative independence May, Bill role of governors role of legislators role of media Trout, AllenInterview LC Subject
Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988 Breathitt, Edward T., Jr., 1924-2003 Charleston (Ill.) Civil rights Coal mines and mining Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.) Discrimination--Law and legislation--Kentucky Journalists Journalists--Kentucky--Interviews Kentucky. Executive branch Kentucky. General Assembly Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs) Kentucky. Governor (1963-1967 : Breathitt) Kentucky. Governor (1967-1971 : Nunn) Legislative reporting--Kentucky Mass media--Influence--United States Morris, Emery Hugh, 1914- Nunn, Louie B., 1924-2004 Taylor, Livingston, 1930- Taylor, Livingston, 1930- --InterviewsInterview Rights
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Taylor, Livingston Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 21 Feb. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Taylor, L. (1992, February 21). Interview by J. Suchanek. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Taylor, Livingston, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. February 21, 1992, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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