Interview with Waymond Morris, March 10, 1998
Project: History of Owensboro, Kentucky Oral History Project
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In this interview, Owensboro, Kentucky's sitting mayor at the time, Waymond Morris talks about his personal history, drug culture in Owensboro in 1970s, gang activity, social change since 1960s, significant events in Owensboro's history since World War II, negativism of the 1970s, the role of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer newspaper, and the city-county merger issue. He also discusses his opinions on other politicians in Owensboro, both former and contemporary, including David Adkisson, C. Waitman Taylor, and Dick Moore.Interview Accession
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Progress in Owensboro (Ky.)Interview LC Subject
Owensboro (Ky.) Owensboro (Ky.)--History African Americans--Segregation Race relations Economic development--Kentucky Education World War, 1939-1945 Daviess County (Ky.) Kentucky--Politics and government Newspapers--Kentucky. Community development Education, Higher--Kentucky LeadershipInterview Rights
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Morris, Waymond Interview by Lee Dew. 10 Mar. 1998. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Morris, W. (1998, March 10). Interview by L. Dew. History of Owensboro, Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Morris, Waymond, interview by Lee Dew. March 10, 1998, History of Owensboro, Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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