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  Corinne Jefferson, April 23,…

  Corinne Jefferson grew up in Claysville, an all-Black community in Bourbon County, Kentucky. In this interview she describes the community, the living…
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  James W. Hammons, April 24,…

  Hammons discusses his family background, with most attention placed on his mother's parents who came from both enslaved and mixed race childhoods. Hammons…
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  Dennis Chenault, April 23,…

  Dennis Chenault talks about segregation in Kentucky and the systemic racism and inequality that he has noted. He talks about Jim Crow laws and the Civil Rights…
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  Geneva Hunter Pope, April 26,…

  Geneva Hunter Pope was born in Logan County, Kentucky in 1920. In this interview she describes her childhood, including her education in a one-room schoolhouse,…
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  Bertie Nokomas Wilkerson,…

  Bertie Wilkerson grew up in the community of Little Georgetown in Fayette County, Kentucky. In this interview she describes her childhood and life in her…
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  Lucille Powell, March 27, 1991

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  F. D. Talbert, April 11, 1991

  Talbert talks about his life in Cadentown, a majority black community just outside of Lexington, Kentucky. He explains what it was like living there without…
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  Earle C. Clements, November…

  Clements discusses his experience and impressions of segregation growing up and during his political career. He describes his time as Governor of Kentucky…
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  Lorenzo D. Jones, November 17,…

  Lorenzo Jones, a former school teacher and insurance man, talks about his life as a black man in Henderson, Kentucky. He has much good to say about black…
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  Annette C. Brown, November 17,…

  Annette Brown was a teacher in Henderson and Corydon, Kentucky before and after the integration of schools. In this interview she discusses her family…
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  Mary Brown Ashford, May 7,…

  Mary Brown Ashford talks about her family background and growing up in Henderson County, Kentucky. She talks about her parents who were both born prior to the…
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  Hugh Victor Brown, June 28,…

  Brown describes growing up in Henderson (Ky.). Multiple members of his family attended historically black colleges and universities. He details some of the…
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  Austin Bell, August 20, 1985

  Austin Bell reflects on the race relations he's witnessed over the course of his life in Tennessee and Kentucky, highlighting his work fighting for civil rights…
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  Thelma B. Johnson, August 20,…

  Thelma Johnson was an extension agent in Henderson County and Daviess County, Kentucky through the extension program run by the University of Kentucky. Johnson…
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  Simpson Brown, August 20, 1985

  Simpson Brown relates his life growing up in Corydon near Henderson (Ky.). Brown's grandparents were slaves, and his father's side of the family was mostly…
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  Hugh D. Palmer, August 21,…

  Hugh D. Palmer lived in Trigg County (Ky.). He talks about growing up and working for a white family until he was drafted in World War I. When he came back from…
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  Karl M. Dawson, August 22,…

  Karl Dawson talks about growing up and living in Logan County, Kentucky and the interactions and relationships he had with African American people. He talks…
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  Virginia Bailey Page, August…

  Virginia Bailey Page (November 3, 1933 – January 17, 1997) talks about growing up in Logan County, Kentucky. Page explains how the only African American people…
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  Macon B. Brown, September 16,…

  Brown speaks on his perception of race relations in Logan County, Kentucky.
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  Jesse L. Amburgey, July 3,…

  Amburgey was a principal who oversaw the desegregation of Redfox School. He notes the hypocrisy of white people being willing to integrate at church, but…
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  Joe H. Martin, July 9, 1986

  George Wright and Terry Birdwhistell interview Joe H. Martin of Shelbyville (Ky.). Martin recalls his childhood growing up in Shelbyville (Ky.). Martin talks…
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  Aline S. Martin, James H.…

  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…
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  Lillian Butner, January 30,…

  Lillian Butner was a child during the 1919 race riot in Corbin, Kentucky. In this interview she discusses the riot, and why her family was unaffected by it. She…
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  John L. Crawford, January 30,…

  John Crawford talks about living in Corbin, Kentucky and his experiences with racial relations between African Americans and southern, white Americans. Crawford…
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  Mary E. Rawlings, April 27,…

  Mary "Lady" Rawlings is the wife of Bishop Simon P. Rawlings of the House of God. In this interview, she discusses her family background and her childhood in…
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  Annette Bowles Lucas, April…

  Keith D. Clark interviews Annette Bowles Lucas, a Lexingtonian and senior citizen. She talks about her childhood growing up in Tallapoosa, Georgia, before…
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  Barbara Jackson Givens, April…

  Barbara Givens was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky in 1947. In this interview she discusses her childhood, including detailed descriptions of her family home,…
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  Edna Livingston Hawkins, April…

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  Grace Cooper, January 24, 1979

  Grace Cooper discusses her work related experiences, working conditions, job requirements and integration. She also discusses her retirement and life after…
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  Paul Walker, March 29, 1990

  Walker and Kelly discuss various topics relating to the African American community, most notably with regards to African American views and experiences with…
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  Shirley L. Leachman, March 25,…

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  Jerry Bransford, July 27, 2009

  Jerry Bransford recounts his life growing up in Glasgow (Ky.) during segregation and his family's history with Mammoth Cave. Bransford first speaks on growing…
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  Mollie M. Bradley, September …

  In this interview, Mrs. Mollie Bradley describes her life in Paris, Kentucky and Midway, Kentucky. She discusses her marriage to Walter T. Bradley, Jr. and…
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  Louis Newby, Sarah Clark…