Interview of Gerald Cooley

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Title

Interview of Gerald Cooley

Subject

Discrimination in housing -- Kansas -- Lawrence -- History
Segregation -- Kansas -- Lawrence -- History
Lawrence (Kan.) -- Race relations -- History
Ordinance 3749 (Lawrence, Kan.)
Jayhawk Plunge (Lawrence, Kan.)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- Kansas -- Lawrence

Description

Oral history interview with Gerald Cooley, who was the assistant city attorney for the City of Lawrence at the time the fair housing ordinance was passed in Lawrence in July 1967. This interview was conducted by Tom Arnold on October 12, 2016, as part of the Lawrence Fair Housing Ordinance 50th Anniversary Oral History Project.

Creator

Cooley, Gerald

Source

Lawrence Fair Housing Ordinance 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

Publisher

City of Lawrence, Human Relations Division (Lawrence, Kan.)

Date

10/12/2016

Contributor

Arnold, Tom

Rights

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Relation

<p>Click <a href="https://soundcloud.com/lawrenceksaudio/gerald-cooley-audio-only-hi?in=lawrenceksaudio/sets/50-years-of-fair-housing-in">here</a> to listen to the audio recording of this interview.</p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/NgWqD4fX1pQ">here</a> to view the video recording of this interview.</p>
<p>The Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas is the official repository for this collection of oral histories.</p>

Format

PDF

Language

eng

Identifier

CooleyInterview101216.pdf (transcript)

Coverage

Lawrence (Kan.)
1950s - 1970

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Arnold, Tom

Interviewee

Cooley, Gerald

Files

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/24748/archive/files/58f9e020586d67ed9f4c5d8fd09d30a4.pdf

Citation

Cooley, Gerald, “Interview of Gerald Cooley,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed March 28, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/948.

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