The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Oral history collection

Repository: Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. Appalachian Archives

Collection Description (CRHP): This collection contains a few interviews relating to civil rights in eastern Kentucky, specifically Harlan County. The interview of Hiram Boggs addresses school desegregation, and the ones of Hazel Pursiful, Eugene Owens & Barbara Bussel, and Glen Saylor address segregation more broadly.

Collection URL: http://southeast.kctcs.edu/visitors_and_community/appalachian_center/the_appalachian_program/the_appalachian_archives2

Date(s): 1978-1995

Digital Status: No

Language: English

Interviewees: Hiram Boggs, Hazel Pursiful, Eugene Owens, Barbara Bussel, Glen Saylor, James B. Goode, William Holts, Dorothy Marrow

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African Americans--Kentucky
Civil rights movements--Kentucky
Kentucky--Race relations
School integration--Kentucky
Segregation--Kentucky

Genres:

Interviews
Sound recordings