Interview with Lewis Colten, April 29, 2020
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
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Lewis Colten enrolled at the University of Kentucky in the fall of 1969 and graduated with a degree in Architecture in 1973. While a student, Mr. Colten, a former Freedom Rider, was the head of the Students for a Democratic Society. In this interview he discusses the Cold War, his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement including lunch-counter sit-ins in Baltimore, Maryland, and Freedom Ride to Mississippi.Interview Accession
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2020 pandemic Cold War 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Baltimore, MD. Civil Rights Movement lunch-counter sit-ins desegregation Philadelphia, MS. 1962 Freedom Ride Frank Ford "Resistance Group" Philadelphia, PA. Temple University Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) Mayor James H.J. Tate Police Commissioner Edward J. Bell Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo Civic Interest Group (CIG) Jean Lewis police violence Covid-19 #covid19Interview Rights
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Colten, Lewis Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 29 Apr. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Colten, L. (2020, April 29). Interview by J. Suchanek. University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Colten, Lewis, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. April 29, 2020, University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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