Interview with James W. Hammons, April 24, 1990
Project: Black People in Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Hammons discusses his family background, with most attention placed on his mother's parents who came from both enslaved and mixed race childhoods. Hammons details growing up in the South during segregation, while describing his education through graduate school. Mandt also asks Hammons about his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and reactions to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. The interview ends with the two discussing the current state (as of 1990) of African American advancement and hopes for the future.Interview Accession
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African Americans African Americans in Kentucky Race relations Teachers African Americans--Genealogy. Family histories. African American college graduates--Kentucky African American families African Americans--Economic conditions. African Americans--Recreation African Americans--Social life and customs. Childhood Murfreesboro (Tenn.) SlaveryInterview LC Subject
African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Social conditions African Americans. Hammons, James W., 1927- Hammons, James W., 1927- --Interviews African Americans--Race identity. African Americans--Employment. African Americans--Education. African Americans--Education (Higher)Interview Rights
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Hammons, James W. Interview by Mildred Mandt. 24 Apr. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hammons, J.W. (1990, April 24). Interview by M. Mandt. Black People in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hammons, James W., interview by Mildred Mandt. April 24, 1990, Black People in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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