Interview with Lee E. Gilkey, March 21, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project
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Lee Gilkey discusses many topics, ranging from farming and the sale of crops to the current state of the world. He speaks on institutions such as marriage and the church. He describes what he believes the younger generation is doing wrong. He also shares the difficulties of being a modern farmer and how he remembers agriculture in the past.Interview Accession
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Black farmers Heritage farms Economic conditions Employment Family life Farming Crops SaleInterview Rights
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Gilkey, Lee E. Interview by Zack Lewton. 21 Mar. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Gilkey, L.E. (1992, March 21). Interview by Z. Lewton. Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Gilkey, Lee E., interview by Zack Lewton. March 21, 1992, Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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