Interview with Fred Durham

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Segment Synopsis: This is basic information about the interview given by the interviewer.

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Subjects: Boyle County (Ky.) Boyle County Schools (Boyle County, Ky.) Eastern Kentucky University Integration Kentucky

Partial Transcript: Mr. Durham can I please have your full name and birth date please?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Durham discusses his public schooling. He also tells his parents names, where he went to school, and a brief overview of his moving to Boyle County.

Keywords: Casey County, Ky; Danville City School System; Farming

Subjects: Boyle County (Ky.) Boyle County Schools (Boyle County, Ky.) Eastern Kentucky University Integration Kentucky

Partial Transcript: What do you think/remember the attitude of the students and even the community being towards possible integration even though you were in eighth grade?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Durham explains there was no hard feelings about integration in Danville. The sports were already somewhat integrated and so it wasn't as big a deal.

Keywords: Blacks in schools; High School Sports; low income people

Subjects: Boyle County (Ky.) Boyle County Schools (Boyle County, Ky.) Danville, Ky Eastern Kentucky University Integration integration in schools Kentucky

Partial Transcript: What sort of athletic Rivalry exist between Danville High School and Bates?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Durham talks about the rivalries that existed between the white and black school. He dismisses any kind of real mistreatment between the two schools.

Keywords: Bates High School; Sports; Sports Equipment

Subjects: Basketball Players Boyle County (Ky.) Boyle County Schools (Boyle County, Ky.) Football players High School Sports Integration integration in schools Kentucky Sports Rivalries

Partial Transcript: ...You mentioned two or three people who went to Danville high school. Do you remember their names?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Durham talks about African Americans who attended Danville High School, what they did, and how people viewed them.

Keywords: Basketball; Bates High School; Danville High School

Subjects: Boyle County (Ky.) Boyle County Schools (Boyle County, Ky.) Eastern Kentucky University Integration integration in schools Kentucky

Partial Transcript: What about off field?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Durham discusses the attitude of students towards integration.

Keywords: Community viewpoints; Danville High School; Fights in Schools; Teachers and Administration

Subjects: Boyle County (Ky.) Boyle County Schools (Boyle County, Ky.) Eastern Kentucky University Football Integration Integration in Schools Kentucky

Partial Transcript: Thinking back on it now and the ways things have been since 1963, do you think the situation... the way you described it, has it gotten better or deteriorated?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Durham gives his opinion on how integration has turned out and racial issues throughout America.

Keywords: Racial issues

Subjects: Boyle County (Ky.) Boyle County Schools (Boyle County, Ky.) Eastern Kentucky University Football Integration Kentucky School Integration

Partial Transcript: When they moved to Danville high school, do you think if they had the choice they would have stayed back?

Segment Synopsis: Mr. Durham talks about how things differed in rules between the Blacks and Whites such as the dress codes. He and the interviewer also discuss people they both have associations with.

Keywords: Dress Codes

Subjects: Boyle County (Ky.) Boyle County Schools (Boyle County, Ky.) Eastern Kentucky University Integration Integration in Schools Kentucky