From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Peeples, Porter G., Sr.

(born: 1947)

Porter G. Peeples, Sr. was born in Lynch, KY. When he became director of the Lexington (KY) Urban League, he was the youngest Urban League director in the U.S. He continues to lead and to advocate for the needs and rights of the disadvantaged in Lexington. Peeples is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. For more see Porter Peeples in Living the Story, Film Interviews at the Kentucky Historical Society; and Porter Peeples Biography at The HistoryMakers.

Subject

Activists, Civil Rights

Urban Leagues

External Digital Object Link

Read about and view the Porter G. Peeples oral history interviews available at the University of Kentucky Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History; item records in SPOKE Database.

See the Oral History Video at the KET Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky site..

Kentucky County & Region

Read about Harlan County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Kentucky Place (Town or City)

Read about Lynch, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Item Relations

Cited in this Entry

none

Related Entries Citing this Entry

NKAA Entry: WTLA-FM (We're The Listener Alternative) 105.3, Lexington, KY

Cite This NKAA Entry:

“Peeples, Porter G., Sr.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 26, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/28.

Last modified: 2022-09-01 18:58:07