Interview with James Roberson, March 17, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project
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James Roberson describes his early childhood growing up on the farm and his early experiences sharecropping to support his family. He describes the economic difficulties of working as a sharecropper. He also describes changes in the community, church, and farming.Interview Accession
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Roberson, James Interview by Patrick Keenist. 17 Mar. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Roberson, J. (1992, March 17). Interview by P. Keenist. Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Roberson, James, interview by Patrick Keenist. March 17, 1992, Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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