ORAL HISTORY CENTER AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF MADISON COUNTY EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY An Index of a Recorded Interview With Taylor, Fannie Catherine A. G. Dunston, Interviewer 26 January 1990 The following is an unrehearsed taped interview with Fannie Taylor. Ms. Taylor describes her life as an educator and resident of Richmond. This interview was taped in conjunction with the African American Community of Madison County Oral History Project at Eastern Kentucky University. (Notice: Use of the following interview is restricted. Please refer to the release agreement.)



LOCATION:	Ms. Taylor's home in Richmond, Kentucky.

DATE:	January 26, 1990

TIME:

LENGTH OF INTERVIEW:		45-Minutes

TYPE OF MACHINE USED:		Califone Cassette

000-010	Introduction.

010-026	Empty.

026-042	Taylor's birth place; a Richmond High Alumni.

042-060	Richmond High School.

060-083	First to have testing program in Richmond, Mr. Fletcher- principal.

083-098	Women's literary club.

098-121	More on activities at Richmond High.

121-149	Educational background; her job as a headmistress of a school in the Bahamas.

149-169	Returns to Richmond and faces job prejudice.

169-178	Civic Work.

178-203	NAACP.

203-230	Reflects on the black community in Richmond from her childhood to her adulthood.

230-247	Comments on integration and black history.

247-261	Professions of members of the black community.

261-276	Richmond during the 1960s and school desegregation.

276-302	Taylor's parents.

302-380	Her mother's involvement in Women's Club Movement, Art Club and Literary Club.

380-413	Black churches in Richmond.


END OF SIDE ONE
BEGINNING SIDE TWO


000-028	Values learned during childhood in Richmond.

028-038	More on integration.

038-064	Martin Luther King, Sr. visits Richmond in 1970s.

064-114	Women's Literary Club's past presidents and fund raising activities.

114-121	Junior Literary Club and Junior Art Club.

121-416	Empty.


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