Interview with Milton Ogle, April 28, 1987
Project: Appalachia: War On Poverty Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Milton Ogle, a former member of the Council on the Southern Mountains (CSM), ran the Appalachian Volunteer (AV) project after their split from the CSM. He served as executive director of the AVs until 1968 when he left to work for the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund.In this second interview, Milton Ogle discusses the state of the Appalachian school system and local political structures and the efforts of local people and outside volunteers to affect change. He discusses the volunteers' acceptance by the community and the claims that the volunteers planted ideas of dissension into the minds of the local people. He talks about the end of the Appalachian Volunteer program and the impact of community development groups on Appalachian communities.
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Ogle, Milton Interview by Gibbs Kinderman. 28 Apr. 1987. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ogle, M. (1987, April 28). Interview by G. Kinderman. Appalachia: War On Poverty Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ogle, Milton, interview by Gibbs Kinderman. April 28, 1987, Appalachia: War On Poverty Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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