Interview with George C. Wright, January 31, 2021

Interview Summary

George C. Wright is currently the interim vice president of institutional diversity at the University of Kentucky. He discusses his relationship with Lyman T. Johnson, Johnson's impact on education in Kentucky, and the different experiences that many black students had at the university. Wright talks about why he worked to get Lyman T. Johnson an honorary doctorate degree and the idea of "good trouble." He talks about other "troublemakers" throughout history who were labelled that due to the fight for rights they were not afforded. Wright talks about the other figures who were working towards desegregation during Lyman T. Johnson's time. He talks about Johnson's impact on other social movements.

Interview Keyword

Lyman T. Johnson Integration Social movements National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Civil Rights Movement

Interview LC Subject

Education. Activism, Student Desegregation University of Kentucky African Americans--Social conditions. Diversity Race discrimination. Race relations--Kentucky Racism African Americans--Segregation Civil rights movements--United States

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