Interview with Robert R. Jefferson, November 19, 1992
Project: Lexington Urban League Oral History Project
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Jefferson talks about the roles he served as a member of the Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County. He talks about the ways the Urban League has been able to help the community, especially with providing education and training for African American professional workers. He situates the Urban League within the context of other organizations such as the NAACP and CORE as well as in the context of integration, the Great Society, and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Finally, he talks about the future of the Urban League and the ways it can make up for some of its shortcomings.Interview Accession
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Jefferson, Robert R. Interview by Emily Parker. 19 Nov. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Jefferson, R.R. (1992, November 19). Interview by E. Parker. Lexington Urban League Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Jefferson, Robert R., interview by Emily Parker. November 19, 1992, Lexington Urban League Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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