COLLECTION NAME:
Oral Histories - Ohio River Portrait
Record
Filename:
FA 656 OH0069LA Oscar Cross Tape 1 S.mp3
Identifier:
FA 656 OH0069LA
Title:
Oscar Cross
Creator:
Oscar Cross, 1906 - 2000
Subject:
Cross, Oscar (1906-1999)
Subject:
Black history -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Floods
Subject:
Eighth of August celebration
Subject:
Boys and Girls Club
Subject:
History -- McCracken County (KY)
Subject:
Rivers -- Ohio River
Subject:
African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Rivers -- Tennessee River
Description:
Tape 2, Oscar Cross continues discussing the development of the Boys Club in Paducah, KY.
Publisher:
Western Kentucky University
Contributor:
Linda Kinsey Adams
Date:
8/2/1990
Type:
Oral History
Format:
audio/mpeg
Source:
Ohio River Folk Life Project
Language:
English
Coverage:
McCracken County
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives, prior to reuse of these recordings
Biographical Sketch:
Oscar Cross was born on August 10, 1906 in Fulton, KY too Rev. Price Cross and Mattie Cross. He married Dorenda Anderson Cross in 1945. Mr. Cross worked in minstrel shows and as a hotel attendent before becoming the first African American juvenile officer in Paducah, KY and founded the Boys Club of Paducah in 1949 for African American boys. He served as director for 50 years and is credited as a leader in bringing about the first interracial board of directors of the Boys Club in Paducah, Inc. The club was renamed the Oscar Cross Boys Club of Paduca, in 1980. Oscar Cross died on April 20, 1999 and is burried in Oak Grove Cemetery. For more information on the Oscar Cross Boys Club please visit http://ocbgc.org/.
Duration:
56:57 minutes
Bit Rate/Frequency:
64 kbps