Interview with Don B. Pratt, July 28, 2021
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
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Don Pratt graduated from Bryan Station High School in Lexington, KY in 1962 and enrolled at the University of Kentucky in the fall of that year. An anti-war activist, he was indicted, convicted, and sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined $10,000 for refusing induction into the military in 1968. In this interview he discusses events on the U.K. campus in 1969.Interview Accession
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University of Kentucky 1969 campus anti-draft sentiment Gene Mason Dr. John Oswald in loco parentis doctrine 1969 campus counter-culture movement Governor Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Kernel Guy Mendes James W. Miller blue-tail fly Peter Mitchell Woodstock concert Neil Armstrong Tim Futrell Steve Bright Free University issue Spud Thomas Dr. Stuart Forth Ho Chi MinhInterview Rights
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Pratt, Don B. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 28 Jul. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Pratt, D.B. (2021, July 28). Interview by J. Suchanek. University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Pratt, Don B., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. July 28, 2021, University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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