Interview with Faurest Coogle, November 20, 1991

Project: Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Childhood in Portland and Louisville, Kentucky, in the 1950s-- His residential moves in and out Portland-- Turfs and hangouts in Portland-- Programmed play:-- Boys Club-- Mackin Community Center-- summer park programs-- Strong community solidarity-- River use for teen hangout-- "No work ethic in Portland"-- Childhood and teen odd jobs-- B. 1940 Father a factory worker-- School desegregation-- busing-- Population shift to Shively-- Bookies and gambling-- Sneaking into movies-- Alcohol and drugs-- Benefits of Portland childhood-- Jefferson County.

Interview Accession

1992oh020_cik017

Interviewee Name

Faurest Coogle

Interviewer Name

Louise Chawla

Interview Date

1991-11-20

Interview Keyword

Childhood family life

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Coogle, Faurest Interview by Louise Chawla. 20 Nov. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Coogle, F. (1991, November 20). Interview by L. Chawla. Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Coogle, Faurest, interview by Louise Chawla. November 20, 1991, Childhood in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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