Interview with Levi Peterson, Jr., January 4, 2018
Project: African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project
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Levi Peterson, Jr., a native of Birmingham, Alabama, served in North Africa with the Air Force before beginning his teaching career. Peterson first taught in South Carolina before moving to Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1968. He was the first black administrator in the region's integrated school system.Interview Accession
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Kentucky--History. Hopkinsville (Ky.) Racism. Black people--Segregation African American Catholics.Interview Rights
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Peterson, Levi, Jr. Interview by Jennifer P. Brown. 04 Jan. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Peterson, L., Jr. (2018, January 04). 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.
Peterson, Levi, Jr., interview by Jennifer P. Brown. January 04, 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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