1 Logan: Early Life and Segregated Schools

Logan talks about going to a segregated school and segregated dining etsablishments in his community.

George Logan is a civil rights activist from Lexington, KY.

This interview took place on May 29, 2013 as part of the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and University of Kentucky Libraries.

To view the entire interview visit:

https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7msb3wws0m
Interviewer: Nieta Wigginton
Videographer: Joanna Hay

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