Jones, Mattie

Date:
2011-02-28
Length:
90 minutes
Interviewer:
Read, Todd
Transcription available:
yes
Series:
Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression
Series ID:
2011_36
Interview Number(s):
2011_36_1
Summary:
Mattie Jones was active in the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression for decades serving in leadership roles on several issues including school desegregation, workplace discrimination and police abuse and brutality.
Topic(s):
Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville, African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville, Discrimination in employment--Kentucky--Louisville, Police brutality, Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville, Kentucky Alliance against Racist and Political Repression, Civil rights activists