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| Creator: | Stanley, Vivian Clark |
| Title: | Oral history interview with Vivian Clark Stanley |
| Date: | 1985 Aug. 5 |
| Description: | Oral history interview with Mrs. Vivian Clark Stanley conducted on August 5, 1985 by Janet Hodgson. She discusses her career as a social worker and her life with Frank Stanley, Sr., editor, manager, and publisher of the Louisville Defender. She describes events and programs that she and the newspaper were involved in, including Clothe-A-Child and the annual Exposition organized by the Louisville Defender. She also discusses Frank Stanley, Sr.'s personality and civic and political involvement, and the management of the paper after his death. Mr. Stanley had two sons, Frank Jr. and Kenneth, and she also provides some information on their lives. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Transcripts | Sound recordings | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Stanley, Frank L., 1906-1974 | Stanley, Frank L., 1937-2007 | Stanley, Kenneth | Combs, Bert T., 1911- | Leslie, Clarence | Stanley, Vivian Clark | African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville | Social workers--Kentucky--Louisville | Journalists--Kentucky--Louisville | African American journalists--Kentucky--Louisville | African American social workers--Kentucky--Louisville | Beauty contests--Kentucky--Louisville | African American newspapers--Kentucky--Louisville | Newspapers | Louisville Defender (Louisville, Ky.) | African American newspaper editors--Kentucky--Louisville | Civil rights demonstrations--Kentucky--Louisville | Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville | Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville | Kentucky Commission on Human Rights | Cincinnati (Ohio) | Hamilton County (Ohio) | Memphis (Tenn.) | Shelby County (Tenn.) | Louisville (Ky.) | Jefferson County (Ky.) |
| Collection: | African American Oral History Collection |
| Institution: | University of Louisville University Archives and Records Center |
| Contributors: | Hodgson, Janet B. | William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center | African American Community Interviews Collection (William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center) |
| Online Publisher: | Louisville, Ky. : University of Louisville Archives and Records Center |
| Original Material: | Audiocassette tape number 1986-1 and 1986-2, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. |
| Rights and Usage: | To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://library.louisville.edu/uarc/digicollorder.html; please cite the Interview Number when ordering. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: African American Community Interviews, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/afamoh,35 |
