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| Creator: | Goodwin, Nelson, 1907-1991 |
| Title: | Oral history interview with Nelson Goodwin |
| Date: | 1979 Jan. 10 |
| Description: | Oral history interview conducted with Nelson Goodwin on January 10, 1979 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Goodwin, a nursery owner and local historian from Louisville, Kentucky, discusses his ancestors and other African Americans who lived in the Petersburg / Newburg area. He describes the relationships of various African Americans with white slaveowners, and the efforts blacks made to build their community following slavery. He describes his own efforts to develop his community through the location of library in Newburg and the Petersburg Historical Society's programs, as well as his fight against urban renewal. He also talks about his own career in the nursery business. 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: | Sound recordings | Transcripts | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Goodwin, Nelson, 1907-1991 | African Americans--Kentucky--Jefferson County--History | African American businesspeople--Kentucky--Louisville | African American historians--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Social conditions | Race relations--Kentucky--Louisville | Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century | Slavery--Kentucky--Jefferson County | History--Societies, etc. | Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville | Urban renewal--Kentucky--Louisville | Libraries--Kentucky--Louisville | Nurseries (Horticulture)--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans and libraries--Kentucky--Newburg | Petersburg (Jefferson County, Ky.) | Newburg (Ky.) | Louisville (Ky.) | Jefferson County (Ky.) |
| Collection: | African American Oral History Collection |
| Institution: | University of Louisville University Archives and Records Center |
| Contributors: | Chumbley, Kenneth Lawrence | 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 tapes number 698 and 699, 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,115 |
