Datesort descending Interviewee(s) Interviewer(s)
03/04/2017 Margaret Harris Kandie Adkinson
06/04/2017 Frances Short Sharyn Mitchell
06/25/2017 William Henry Parks Sharyn Mitchell
06/26/2017 Almetra Smith Taylor Sharyn Mitchell
06/27/2017 James Benjamin Yeast Sharyn Mitchell
06/28/2017 Jewell Lay Sharyn Mitchell
06/29/2017 Truman Bartleson, Jr. Sharyn Mitchell
06/29/2017 Doris Bartleson Sharyn Mitchell
08/25/2017 James Foster Reese Sharyn Mitchell
09/06/2017 Ronald Reed Sharyn Mitchell
09/06/2017 Alma Meaux Sharyn Mitchell
Kentucky Historical Society

Mercer County African American Oral History Project

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Kentucky Historical Society

Call Number: 

2012OH10
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This project seeks to document the oral history of African Americans in Mercer County, Kentucky, focusing heavily on residents of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The content of the interviews focuses heavily on physical locations in the county that have been historically important to the black community, including churches, schools and businesses. Interviewees discuss desegregation of schools and the community as well as well known individuals in the Harrodsburg and Mercer County community.