Alston, E. Deedom

Date:
1978-06-09
Length:
60 minutes
Interviewer:
Chumbley, Kenneth
Transcription available:
no
Series:
African American Community Interviews
Series ID:
9999_001
Interview Number(s):
__459
Summary:
Alston discusses his early life in Norfolk, Virginia and his primary and secondary education there; his college education at the North Carolina College for Negroes; his seminary training at Bishop Payne Divinity School; his ordination in the Episcopal Church; his ministry at Louisville's Church of Our Merciful Saviour, 11th and Walnut Street; work in race relations in Louisville; and general remarks on the role of the church in society.
Topic(s):
African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville, Clergy, Church of Our Merciful Saviour (Louisville, Ky.), Race relations