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LCAAH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT 2005

IN 2005 LCAAHC STARTED A PROJECT TO INTERVIEW LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICANS ABOUT THEIR HISTORY GROWING UP IN LAUREL COUNTY. THERE WERE A SERIES OF TOPICS COVERED. SUCH AS; WHERE THEY WERE BORN, HOW WAS IT GROWING UP IN LAURELCOUNTY, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, FAM THEILY, FAMILY VALVES, RACISM AND THEIR WORK BACKGROUNDS. SIX INTERVIEWS WERE COMPLETED DURING THE PROJECT, THE INTERVIEWS WAS CONDUCTED BY LAURA SMITH. THE SIX PEOPLE INTERVIEWED WERE: JOYCE BAKER CARSON; DIANNA CARSON BAKER; VANILLA POTTER WHITE; FREDDY RILEY; REV RICHARD HIL AND WILLIAM CARSON. THE ONLY SOLE SURVIOR FROM THE SIX IS DIANNA CARSON BAKER.


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JOYCE BAKER CARSON



DIANNA CARSON BAKER



VANILLA POTTER WHITE



FREDDY RILEY



REV RICHARD HILL



WILLIAM CARSON


 
 
 

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119 Short St

London, Kentucky

T: 606-224-8111

E: kyhistoryman@yahoo.com

T: 606-309-6379

E: salena_henson@yahoo.com

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