Beginning in 2013, the Nunn Center in the University of Kentucky Libraries partnered with the Kentucky Human Rights Commission and the University of Kentucky Office of Community Engagement to celebrate the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame and begin recording oral history interviews with recent inductees. These interviews include powerful life stories, vivid descriptions of life under segregation, the desegregation of education and public accommodations, the Civil Rights Movement, as well as descriptions of protests and demonstrations and other forms of resistance, activism and action.
In addition to providing online access to the full interviews via the Nunn Center’s innovative online repository, we recently updated the digital exhibit representing the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project. The digital exhibit features oral history excerpts, short documentaries, and other resources pertaining to this important oral history project and partnership.