Interview with Dean Phillip Jenkins, January 12, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Dean Jenkins was raised on a farm in Madison County, Kentucky. At the time of this interview, he still was actively farming, although he also was employed outside of the farm. In this interview, he discusses a range of topics dealing with farm management, including managing farm production through cover crops, subsoiling, erosion prevention, pasturage, and fertilizer application. He discusses the use of horses and mules for farm traction, as well as farm accidents. He also talks about people in the community who served as effective role models in farming. He talks about the economics and policy context of farming, as he has experienced it. In addition, he discusses the situation of African American farmers, including problems in using federal programs, and access to the credit needed to finance production, farm equipment and land purchases. He shares his views on the nature of racism in his experience, as well as various aspects of farming, his family, life in the community and spirituality.Interview Accession
Interviewee Name
Interviewer Name
Interview Date
Interview Keyword
Accidents African American experience in farming Beef production Black farmers Church life Church organizations Community role models Cover crops Economics of farming Farm accidents Farm organizations Farm policy Firewood Heritage farms Management of soil fertility Off-farm employment Participation in farm organizations Segregated schools Segregation Tobacco productionInterview Rights
All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.Interview Usage
Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.Restriction
Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.
All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.
Add this interview to your cart in order to begin the process of requesting access to a copy of and/or permission to reproduce interview(s).
Jenkins, Dean Phillip Interview by Maureen Mullinax. 12 Jan. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Jenkins, D.P. (1992, January 12). Interview by M. Mullinax. Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Jenkins, Dean Phillip, interview by Maureen Mullinax. January 12, 1992, Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.
Persistent Link for this Record: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7mpg1hjp6m