Interview with Emmett P. "Buzz" Burnam, December 20, 2004

Project: Kentucky Sports: African American Athletes Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Emmett P. "Buzz" Burnam, from Winchester, Kentucky, talks about his early years as a football and baseball player. He also talks a good deal about the early years of Black athletes at the University of Kentucky, and the changes over time, and the influence on the recruitment of African American students to the University of Kentucky.

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2005oh006_ks260

Interviewee Name

Emmett P. "Buzz" Burnam

Interviewer Name

Will Jones

Interview Date

2004-12-20

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Burnam, Emmett P. Interview by Will Jones. 20 Dec. 2004. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Burnam, E.P. (2004, December 20). Interview by W. Jones. Kentucky Sports: African American Athletes Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Burnam, Emmett P., interview by Will Jones. December 20, 2004, Kentucky Sports: African American Athletes Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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