Interview with Thomas G. McDowell, November 25, 2020
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
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Tom McDowell graduated from Elizabethtown High School in 1966 and enrolled at the University of Kentucky that fall. While a student at U.K. he was a member of the Students for a Democratic Society. In this interview he discusses national and campus events in 1966 and 1967.Interview Accession
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Vietnam War Free Speech Movement backwardness of Southern universities 1966 NCAA Championship basketball game James Meredith campus racism Black Power movement John W. Oswald Kentucky Kernel Black Student Union (BSU) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) dorm overcrowding campus bookstores campus drug use Greeks v. Freaks Stoll FieldInterview Rights
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McDowell, Thomas G. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 25 Nov. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
McDowell, T.G. (2020, November 25). 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.
McDowell, Thomas G., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. November 25, 2020, 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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