Interview with Horace K. Smith, June 14, 1978

Interview Summary

Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, Reverend Smith came to Lexington in 1932. His father was a Baptist minister at Shiloh Baptist Church and Reverend Smith graduated from Dunbar High School, Tuskegee University, and Prairie View A&M. Smith became the minister of Pilgrim Baptist Church in 1949. He discusses the role of the African American church during the Depression and World War II, and the role of the church in the African American community during the 1970s. Smith talks about getting service for African Americans at the Phoenix Hotel, Walgreens, and H.L. Greens, and about organizing civil rights boycotts of segregated businesses.

Interview Keyword

African American businesspeople African Americans in Lexington Businesspeople, Black African American business enterprises African American leadership Lexington, Kentucky World War, 1939-1945 Depressions--1929

Interview LC Subject

African American families African American churches Civil rights movements--United States African American clergy. African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Religion African Americans. Smith, Horace K. Smith, Horace K.--Interviews African Americans--Social conditions.

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