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Title	Oral History Interview with Mary Smith
Description	The Community Memories Oral History Project explores African American life in Frankfort and Franklin County and was conducted in conjunction with the earlier photographic project collecting family photographs of the members of this community. The main topics discussed in the oral history interviews are the Black neighborhoods, schools, churches, and occupations of the people who made up this close-knit community.
Interviewee	Smith, Mary
Interviewer	Fletcher, Winona
Date	05-02-1996
Location of Interview	Frankfort (Ky.)
Subjects	Kentucky State University, first African American woman president of a Kentucky university, College Park, St. John A.M.E. Church, the Surratt family, Mary Ellis, the Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans (CESKAA), education in Frankfort, the Grad Club, Stagg Distillery, the Frankfort Country Club, the Belivers Club, and Rosenwald School
Type	Sound Text
Accession Num.	1995OH02.9
Rights	This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge. All other uses, including any forms of publication or broadcast, require permission from the Kentucky Oral History Commision of the Kentucky Historical Society, and fees may apply.

Title	Introduction -.9 Smith
Filename	Introduction -.9 Smith.pdf
Transcript	Kentucky Oral History Commission African American Life in Franklin County Oral History Project aka: The Community Memories Oral History Project 1995OH02 Interviewee: Mary Smith Interviewer: Winona Fletcher Interview Date: 02, May, 1996 Interview Location: Frankfort, KY Interview Number: 1995OH02.9 Dr. Mary Smith is a former president of Kentucky State University. She comments on her family, moving to Kentucky, working at Kentucky State University, being the first African American women president of a university in Kentucky, College Park, St. John A.M.E. Church, the Surratt family, Mary Ellis, the Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans (CESKAA), education in Frankfort, her children, the Grad Club, Stagg Distillery, the Frankfort Country Club, the Belivers Club, and Rosenwald School. To access the audio and a transcript of the interview, please see the links on the left side of the page. For more information about the interview, select “document description” from the drop down menu on the left side of the page and then click “go.” Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA (502) 564-1792 http://history.ky.gov

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