Interview with James Kermit Stacey, II, October 20, 2021
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
Interview Summary
James K. Stacey II, the son of a University of Kentucky County Extension Service agent, was born in Richmond, KY but grew up in Pikeville, McKee, Ft. Collins, Colorado, and Somerset KY. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1960 after graduating from Pulaski County High School. After he completed his basic training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, and Language School in Monterey, California, he was stationed in Berlin, West Germany. After his discharge he enrolled at Asbury College in 1963 before transferring to the University of Kentucky and earned a degree in English in 1967, whereupon he enrolled in Graduate School for a year. He later enrolled in the U.K. Law School in 1972. In this interview he discusses his experiences on the U.K. campus in 1965 and 1966.Interview Accession
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University of Kentucky Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Brad Washburn Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) campus political apathy NCAA 1966 Championship basketball game Texas Western University campus racism Wendell Berry campus bookstores Nexus coffeehouse campus drug usage Lexington Police Department Free Love movementInterview Rights
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II, James Kermit Stacey, Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 20 Oct. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
II, J.K. (2021, October 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.
II, James Kermit Stacey,, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. October 20, 2021, 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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