Interview with Aline S. Martin, James H. Martin., July 9, 1986

Project: Black People in Kentucky Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Martin recounts details about her early life as a black person in early twentieth century rural Kentucky, her first job, her family, and the family she worked for as a domestic laborer for the majority of her adult life.

Interview Accession

1986oh186_bk016

Interviewee Name

Aline S. Martin

James H. Martin

Interviewer Name

George C. Wright

Terry L. Birdwhistell

Interview Date

1986-07-09

Interview Keyword

African Americans African Americans in Kentucky Race relations Workplace segregation Tobacco factories Domestic labor Great Depression Race relations Shelbyville (Ky.) Parents of single children Lynching

Interview LC Subject

African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Social conditions Martin, Aline S. Martin, Aline S.--Interviews African Americans--Economic conditions Segregation African Americans

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