Interview with Gwenda Watkins Motley, Valeria Watkins, March 9, 2017
Project: African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project
Interview Summary
These two sisters detail their experiences of growing up as African Americans in a segregated community. Both experienced school integration firsthand and share their memories. The interview discusses the importance and role of family, church, education, and pasttimes and the effects of these things on their lives.Interview Accession
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Valeria Watkins
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African American Hopkinsville education segregation integration Gainesville community rural life Safety for African American children First Street East Side neighborhood Stockyards School lunches Booker T. Washington Elementary School Hopkinsville High School Christian County High School Tennis Attucks High School Food BBQ Family Gilbert Hooks Black/white relations Library Black business district Night Clubs Chitlin Circuit Green Book College of the Bible Doctors Frazier’s Pool/Natatorium swimming bell hooks Parades Future Homemakers of America Order of Eastern Star Milton’s, Brooks Pharmacy Family talent shows Birthdays Baseball Negro League Pain of integration Church Junior Achievement Favorite hymnsInterview Rights
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Motley, Gwenda Watkins Interview by Alissa Clare Keller. 09 Mar. 2017. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Motley, G.W. (2017, March 09). Interview by A. C. Keller. African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Motley, Gwenda Watkins, interview by Alissa Clare Keller. March 09, 2017, African American Community in Hopkinsville (KY) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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