Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – Night Riders
Series Number: OH082
Interviewee: Jennings, Kirby
Interviewer: Susan Jones
Date interviewed: September 19, 1973
Processed by: Sheree Wise
Date processed: July 15, 2010
Description: 1 sound disc (43 minutes)
Abstract: Kirby Jennings discusses articles located in the Murray Democrat related to the Night Riders of Calloway County, Kentucky. He mentions a letter that states Felix G. Ewing was the founder of the Night Riders. Jennings describes how the Night Riders never initiated any violence in Calloway County and that they were principally a non-violent organization. He discusses the governor sending military troops to Murray, Kentucky to maintain order. He concludes by telling a story of Jake Ellis, the only man to be charged with being a Night Rider in Calloway County.
Biographical / Historical Note: Kirby Jennings was the owner and editor of the Murray Democrat newspaper of Murray Kentucky from 1950s to 1975.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Jennings, Kirby
Calloway County (Ky.) – History.
Murray (Ky.) – History.
Night Riders
Research Notes: Abstract and index included with oral history.
