Interview with Ed Hamilton, July 2, 2016
Project: Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project
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Hamilton speaks about the influence that the civil rights movement had on his life and career as an artist. He also goes in depth about his commissions that he has received and how those commissions were his way of fighting against racial discrimination. The process of discovering that he was adopted and finding his biological mother is discussed in depth, as well as how it affected him once he did find out.Interview Accession
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Art Community Women Dignity Fate Spirit of Freedom La Amistad Booker T. Washington Brown Bomber Joe LewisInterview Rights
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Hamilton, Ed Interview by Betty Bayé. 02 Jul. 2016. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hamilton, E. (2016, July 02). Interview by B. Bayé. Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hamilton, Ed, interview by Betty Bayé. July 02, 2016, Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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