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[Identification of item], in the William Isom II Oral Histories of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club #05788, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from William Isom II in January 2019 (Acc. 103560).

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Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, May 2019

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• African American coal miners--Kentucky--Social life and customs.
• African American families--Kentucky.
• African Americans--Biography.
• African Americans--Social life and customs.
• African Americans--Societies, etc.
• Class reunions--United States.
• Clubs--United States.
• Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Harlan County--History.
• Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project.
• Eastern Kentucky Social Club.
• Families--Kentucky.
• Isom, William, II.
• Kentucky--Social life and customs.
• Lynch (Ky.)--History.
• Mountain life--Kentucky--Harlan County--History--20th century.
• Oral history.
• Reunions.
• Rural-urban migration--United States.
• School integration--United States.
• Segregation in education--United States.
• Segregation--Kentucky--Lynch--History--20th century.

• 05606. Eastern Kentucky Social Club Collection

William Isom II, an African American documentarian, is the director of community outreach at East Tennessee PBS in Knoxville, Tenn. He produces and directs short historical films for a documentary series on black history and culture in central Appalachia.

William Isom II, an African American documentarian, conducted these oral histories for a short documentary to be shown at the 50th anniversary meeting of Eastern Kentucky Social Club, which was founded in 1969. The interviews document the lives of black Appalachians originally from Lynch, Ky., and 3rd and 4th wave migrations of African Americans out of the South. Topics include families, community, education, coal miners, and migration.

• Born Digital files (DF-05788/1-14)