Interview with Harry N. Sykes, October 1, 2004
Project: Kentucky Sports: African American Athletes Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Harry N. Sykes gives an overview of his family and early years as a basketball player who became an educator, politician, and civil rights leader in Lexington, Kentucky. He also shares his views as to how sports played a role in addressing prejudice and segregation in the schools. He talks quite a bit about fair housing, health, education, Lexington city government, and employment for African Americans during desegregation.Interview Accession
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African American athletes African Americans--Sports African Americans. Race relations Kentucky--Politics and government Human rights. Segregation Discrimination in employment Discrimination in education University of Kentucky Discrimination in housing. Race discrimination--Kentucky Civil rights movements Segregation in education--Kentucky School integration Dunbar High School (Lexington, Ky.)Interview Rights
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Sykes, Harry N. Interview by Will Jones. 01 Oct. 2004. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Sykes, H.N. (2004, October 01). Interview by W. Jones. Kentucky Sports: African American Athletes Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Sykes, Harry N., interview by Will Jones. October 01, 2004, Kentucky Sports: African American Athletes Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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