Locust Grove Oral History Podcast, Episode 1
The Locust Grove Oral History Podcast is a four-part series featuring stories and conversations remembering those who are buried in Locust Grove, an African-American cemetery in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
“You never give up teaching.”
In our first episode, Frank Cannon, Jr. (pictured) speaks with us about his parents, Ora Belle Hamilton Cannon (1911-1998) and Frank Cannon, Sr. (1913-1988); their careers in Jessamine County Schools before and after integration; what it was like to attend Rosenwald-Dunbar School while his father was principal there; and more.
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Episode Sources:
Cannon, Frank, Jr. Personal interview. 12 March 2019.
“Cannon, Frank R., Sr.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed May 1, 2019, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1076.
History of Jessamine County, Kentucky. Jessamine County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1993.
Episode Credits:
Written and produced by Carrie Green
Recorded by Shantel Richardson and Carrie Green
Engineered by Levi Simonton and Carrie Green
Music by Scott Whiddon