Title

Ken Welch oral history interview

Interviewee

Ken Welch

Files

Interviewer

Antoinette Jackson, Julie Buckner Armstrong

Date

2022-10-25

Publication Date

2-27-2023

Abstract

This is an oral history interview with Ken Welch, the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida. Welch talks about his childhood in St. Petersburg and his memories of the Gas Plant area. He also discusses the issues and history surrounding the Oaklawn, Moffett, and Evergreen cemeteries.

Keywords

African American Burial Ground Project (AABGP), African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project, Oaklawn cemetery, Evergreen cemetery, Lincoln cemetery, reinterrment

Subject: topical

African American Burial Ground Project (AABGP); African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project; Oaklawn cemetery; Evergreen cemetery; Lincoln cemetery; reinterment

Subject: geographic

Florida

Language

English

Type

Sound

Genre

Oral history

Format

1 sound file (30min.) : digital, MP3 file + 1 PDF

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Collection

African American Burial Grounds

Identifier

A67-00011

Recommended Citation

Welch, Ken, "Ken Welch oral history interview" (2023). African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project. 10.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/african_american_burial_grounds_ohp/10