Oral Interview with Theodore C. Delaney

Title: Oral Interview with Theodore C. Delaney
Creator: Mame Warren
Date: 1996-07-31
Description: A PDF of the Oral Interview with Theodore C. Delaney about his experience at W&L. DeLaney discusses his experience growing up in Lexington, working as a janitor in the Biology Department, eventually taking classes as an adult student and graduating, and his reflections on what he's since learned about the black experience at W&L. In the excerpts attached, DeLaney discusses the realities of being black at W&L shortly after desegregation and posits why Blake, Hill, and others have generally looked back on their experience in a positive light.
Type: Interview
Source: DeLaney, Theodore C., Jr., and Warren, Mame. "Oral History Interview with Theodore C. DeLaney (Ted), July 31, 1996." http://hdl.handle.net/11021/34451.
Subject: College integration; Race relations
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