Interview with Irma Gall, November 15, 1989

Project: Appalachia: War On Poverty Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Irma Gall discusses her involvement with the Lend-A-Hand Centers, community centers located around Stinking Creek, Kentucky which were established during the War on Poverty. In this interview Gall talks about the community centers and programs for the rural poor. She talks about conflicts surrounding the community centers from local people, gangs, and the local political power structure. She discusses the impact of the War on Poverty.

Interview Accession

1992oh344_app354

Interviewee Name

Irma Gall

Interviewer Name

Gibbs Kinderman

Interview Date

1989-11-15

Interview Keyword

anti-poverty organizations

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Gall, Irma Interview by Gibbs Kinderman. 15 Nov. 1989. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Gall, I. (1989, November 15). Interview by G. Kinderman. Appalachia: War On Poverty Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Gall, Irma, interview by Gibbs Kinderman. November 15, 1989, Appalachia: War On Poverty Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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