Interview with Rona Susan Roberts, March 30, 2022
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
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Rona Roberts graduated from Monticello Independent High School in Wayne County, KY. in 1967 and enrolled at the University of Kentucky that fall. She earned a Bachelor's degree in English and Music in 1971, a Master's degree in Communication in 1973, and a Ph.D. in 1987. While a student she was a member of the Student Activities Board, the YWCA, the University Student Advisory Committee, the Faculty Senate, and was the arts editor for the student newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel, for one semester. In this interview she discusses her experiences on campus in 1968 and 1969.Interview Accession
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University of Kentucky Kentucky Kernel A.B. "Happy" Chandler Ab Kirwan National Draft Resistance Day 1968 campus activism Vietnam War The Wall Wally Bryan Student Government David Holwerk Guy Mendes ROTC James Miller Thom Pat Juul Joe Maguire President Richard M. Nixon 1960s generational divideInterview Rights
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Roberts, Rona Susan Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 30 Mar. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Roberts, R.S. (2022, March 30). 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.
Roberts, Rona Susan, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. March 30, 2022, 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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