ORAL HISTORY CENTER
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF MADISON COUNTY
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

An Index of a Recorded Interview
With
Franklin, Leora
A. G. Dunston, Interviewer
9 October 1992

The following is an unrehearsed taped interview with Leora Franklin.
Ms. Franklin discusses her life as a resident of Madison County.
This interview was taped in conjunction with the
African American Community of Madison County Oral
History Project at Eastern Kentucky University.

LOCATION: Ms. Franklin's home in Richmond, Kentucky
DATE: October 9, 1992
TIME:
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 75-Minutes
TYPE OF MACHINE USED: Califone cassette
000-022 Introduction.
022-030 Explanation of project to Franklin.
030-053 Early life; family background.
053-063 Educational background, Richmond High School.
063-102 Her siblings, Rhodes property, and the Maple Grove Cemetery.
102-116 More on educational background.
116-142 Organizations: Elks, cancer society, Red Cross, Eastern Star, Area Arts Council, Habitat for Humanity.
142-192 More on organizations: Young Women's Club or Federated Women's Club and the East End Church.
192-206 Discusses Bobtown Church.
206-296 Discusses Black land ownership within the city and county.
296-365 Her daughters and her marriages.
365-384 The Elks' food sale.
384-422 NAACP.
END SIDE I
BEGINNING SIDE II
000-005 NAACP
005-027 Richmond High reunions, Richmond High teachers, school organizations.
027-050 Job History.
050-086 Her father Leslie Rhodes.
086-120 Her mother, First Baptist Church, and service to nursing homes.
120-128 Senior citizens and other clubs.
128-156 "Rehearsal" Area Arts Theater.
156-181 Brassfield Homemakers club, crafts gardening.
181-203 Discusses playing the organ.
203-220 Her dolls and her desire to be active.
220-290 Richmond High integration and her children's school experience.
290-312 The birth of her children.
312-359 Discusses her grandchildren and more on her own children.
359-407 Family "get-togethers" and reunions, holidays.
407-425 Black businesses in Richmond.
END SIDE II
BEGINNING TAPE II, SIDE I
000-041 Black businesses continued.
041-064 Reflects on Blacks in Richmond; a loan company.
064-100 More on Black businesses in Richmond.
100-117 Comments on Richmond Blacks losing ownership to property.
117-156 Closing; Explanation of Release agreements; "talking to plants."
156-260 Richmond Register; possibilities for future contacts; migration; Civil Rights Activities.
260-286 Three Black undertakers--Collins, Boyd, Rankins.
286-423 Empty.

END OF INTERVIEW

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