Interview with Gloster M. Smith, July 17, 1978
Project: Black People in Lexington Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Reverend Smith graduated from Dunbar High School, Kentucky State College and Virginia Union University, and is the pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church. He talks about his father's ministerial career as well as his own. The role of the African American church during World War II and the civil rights struggle is recalled, as are the effects of the marches and sit-ins. The lack of interaction with white churches, the integration of the schools, and the influence of the African American churches within the business community are also featured.Interview Accession
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Charity African Americans in Lexington African Americans--Education Lexington, KentuckyInterview LC Subject
African American clergy African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky Lexington (Ky.)--Race relations Race discrimination African Americans--Social conditions African Americans--Religion African Americans Smith, Gloster M. Smith, Gloster M.--Interviews Civil rights movements--United States World War, 1939-1945 African American churchesInterview Rights
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Smith, Gloster M. Interview by Edward Owens. 17 Jul. 1978. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Smith, G.M. (1978, July 17). Interview by E. Owens. Black People in Lexington Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Smith, Gloster M., interview by Edward Owens. July 17, 1978, Black People in Lexington Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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