10 Neal: Seeing Successful People as a Norm and Deciding on the Law

Neal talks of the importance of growing up around people who you see as successful. He emphasizes education and the value of role models. He decides to go into Law.

Gerald Neal is a Kentucky State Senator from Louisville and a Civil Rights Attorney.

This interview took place on September 16, 2014 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/xt7mkk94bb5s

Interviewer: Betty Baye
Videographer: Joanna Hay

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