Interview with Lewis Colten, May 20, 2020
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
Interview Summary
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 1968 presidential campaign and popular music in the late 1960s.Interview Accession
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1968 Democratic National Convention Eugene McCarthy Fred Wachs Lexington Herald Pat Paulsen Dick Gregory Dr. David Frost Sane Nuclear Policy organization Mark Lane Dr. Benjamin Spock Ronald Reagan Nelson Rockefeller Richard M. Nixon 1968 presidential campaign popular music hippies Jim Morrison The DoorsInterview Rights
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Colten, Lewis Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 20 May. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Colten, L. (2020, May 20). 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. May 20, 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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