Interview with Dexter S. Wright, January 9, 2006
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
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Wright (House 1962-1972; 1976-1980, 38th district; Republican) discusses his childhood and family, serving in the Army during World War II, his opposition to abortion, civil rights riots in Louisville and busing. Wright gives his impressions of governors Breathitt, Nunn, Ford, Carroll and Brown as well as Democratic representative Mitchell B. Denham. Part 1 of 2.Interview Accession
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Wright, Dexter S. Interview by Jan Romond. 09 Jan. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wright, D.S. (2006, January 09). Interview by J. Romond. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Wright, Dexter S., interview by Jan Romond. January 09, 2006, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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