Interview with Mary Jones, January 19, 1979
Project: Black People in Lexington Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Widow of Pastor W.A. Jones of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Mrs. Jones attended Kentucky State College and moved to Lexington in 1932. She discusses the first sit-in held during Lexington's civil rights movement, the role of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, and the first African Americans ever served at the Phoenix Hotel. She recalls the reaction to the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) by the white community, Lexington's African American cemetery, and other forms of segregation and discrimination. Mrs. Jones also reminisces about activist Abby Marlatt, newspaperman Fred Wachs, and her husband.Interview Accession
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African American churches--Kentucky African American leadership African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky African Americans--Segregation Civil rights demonstrations Civil rights movements--United States Civil rights--Law and legislation Jones, Mary Jones, Mary--Interviews Lexington (Ky.)--Race relations.Interview Rights
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Jones, Mary Interview by Edward Owens. 19 Jan. 1979. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Jones, M. (1979, January 19). Interview by E. Owens. Black People in Lexington Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Jones, Mary, interview by Edward Owens. January 19, 1979, Black People in Lexington Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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