Oral History Interview

Abstract

Barbara Bottoms-Rollins, daughter of Florence Bottoms and Dr. Jesse V. Bottoms Sr., is interviewed by Chris Fenner, recorded at Green Street Baptist Church, Louisville, KY. Mrs. Rollins discusses her father's ministry at Green Street, his predecessor (Henry W. Jones), some of his contemporaries (Garland Offutt, B.J. Miller, Claude Taylor), his education at SBTS (including Wayne Ward), his career at Simmons College of Kentucky, segregation and the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., the establishment of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, and his legacy at Green Street Baptist Church.