Interview with Clara Wendell Stitt, Laura Wendell Moore, November 8, 1982

Interview Summary

Mrs. Moore graduated from Russell High School, and Mrs. Stitt from Dunbar High School, Fisk University and Columbia where she received her master's degree. The women discuss their father, Dr. T. T. Wendell, his involvement in the civil rights movement, the NAACP of the 1940's, and race relations within the African American community during the 1940's and 1950's. They remark upon urban renewal in the east end of Lexington, integration of the police department, African American physicians and other leaders. The existence of African American social and professional clubs and organizations is discussed, as is the role of schools within the community before and after segregation, including the closing of Dunbar High School.

Interview Keyword

African Americans African Americans in Lexington Lexington, Kentucky Race relations

Interview LC Subject

African American families African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky African Americans--Education--Kentucky--Lexington African Americans--Kentucky--Lexington--Economic conditions African Americans--Race identity. African Americans--Religion African Americans. Moore, Laura Wendell Moore, Laura Wendell--Interviews Stitt, Clara Wendell Stitt, Clara Wendell--Interviews

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