Interview with Aubrey Williams, December 13, 2013

Project: Legacy of African American Judges in Kentucky Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Aubrey Williams discusses his life, education and career. He discusses his brief service as a judge and his long career as an activist and attorney in Louisville Kentucky. He was born in Verda Harlan County Kentucky in 1945. He father was a union organizer and coal worker. He was a family of 17 children, 9 of whom survived. First job was as Grit Newspaper salesman at the age of 5 or 6. Served as Editor in Chief of high school paper. Williams serves as an attorney in the Oxmoor Shopping Center Murder case. The conversation with Judge Williams was very frank about race relations.

Interview Accession

2014oh006_laaj005

Interviewee Name

Aubrey Williams

Interviewer Name

Constance Ard

Interview Date

2013-12-13

Interview LC Subject

Race relations

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Williams, Aubrey Interview by Constance Ard. 13 Dec. 2013. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Williams, A. (2013, December 13). Interview by C. Ard. Legacy of African American Judges in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Williams, Aubrey, interview by Constance Ard. December 13, 2013, Legacy of African American Judges in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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