Interview with Florence Tapp, June 23, 1999
Project: Owensboro-Daviess County: Race Relations, 1930-1970 Oral History Project
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Tapp discusses her family's life in Owensboro and her childhood experiences. She mentions her mother's positive recollections about the black Chatauquas that were held in Owensboro. Tapp reflects on the black neighborhoods growing up as compared to the present day. She also talks about attending the all-black high school before integration, and the importance of education within the black community. She recalls a racist incident that involved a watermelon which happened when she was a child while walking with her mother through a white neighborhood.Interview Accession
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Tapp, Florence Interview by Daniel Hildenbrandt. 23 Jun. 1999. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Tapp, F. (1999, June 23). Interview by D. Hildenbrandt. Owensboro-Daviess County: Race Relations, 1930-1970 Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Tapp, Florence, interview by Daniel Hildenbrandt. June 23, 1999, Owensboro-Daviess County: Race Relations, 1930-1970 Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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