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Title	Oral History Interview with Samuel Hughes
Description	Rev. Sammy Huges discusses his family history from the 1860s. He was born in 1951 in Columbia, Ky. He remembers his long walk to school as a child and attending the Rosenwald School. He dropped out of school early because he needed to help with family income, taking odd jobs to get by. His family’s tobacco base was reduced and part was given to a white family. He discusses being primarily raised by 4 aunts and descibes his home as having no running water or indoor bathroom. He discusses the homes and churches his father built. He served in the military and earned his GED and later Business Administration degree from Lindsey Wilson College. He became a teacher. His parents were Josephine Hughes and Zack E. Hughes.
Interviewee	Hughes, Samuel
Interviewer	Logsdon, Donna
Date	2014/07/29
Location of Interview	Columbia (Ky.)
Length	92 minutes
Subjects	poverty segregation reconstruction post-emancipation slavery black history colored schools African American history black education African American education tobacco cultivation black military service African American military service military service military duty military Lindsey Wilson College (Columbia, Ky.) educator black educator black teacher African American teacher African American educator black childhood black boyhood rural black childhood rural black boyhood African American childhood African American boyhood rural African American childhood rural African American boyhood black agriculture African American agriculture black family farm African American family farm
Places	Columbia (Ky.) Lindsey Wilson College (Columbia, Ky.) Adair County (Ky.)
Type	Oral History Sound audio audio, image Photograph Image sound, image
Format	.mp3 file
Accession Num.	2014OH02.14
Source	Kentucky Oral History Commission Collection, 2014OH02, Adair County African American Heritage Oral History Project
Project	Adair County African American Heritage Oral History Project
Project Description	The Adair County African American Heritage Oral History Project documents black residents of Adair County, Kentucky. Fifteen interviewees discuss family history, education, religion, childhood, race relations, segregation, integration, and civil rights activities.
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 Commission of the Kentucky Historical Society, and fees may apply.
Filename	2014OH02.14 - Hughes

Title	Oral History Interview with Samuel Hughes
Date	2014/07/29
Length	92 minutes
Type	Oral History Sound audio
Format	.mp3 file
Accession Num.	2014OH02.14
Filename	2014OH02.13 - Lasley

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