Interview with Verna Johnson Mason, November 5, 2020

Project: Midway (Kentucky) Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Verna Johnson "Dee" Mason is a lifelong resident of Midway, KY. She was the first baby born in the local doctor's office. She tells about growing up in Midway and shares a story about her mother refusing to enter the drugstore through the back door - supported by all of her white classmates.

Interview Accession

2021oh0833_mid0002

Interviewee Name

Verna Johnson Mason

Interviewer Name

Mary Leslie Penn

Interview Date

2020-11-05

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Mason, Verna Johnson Interview by Mary Leslie Penn. 05 Nov. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Mason, V.J. (2020, November 05). Interview by M. L. Penn. Midway (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Mason, Verna Johnson, interview by Mary Leslie Penn. November 05, 2020, Midway (Kentucky) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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