Rose Stokes Oral History
Stokes, Rose Heidrick, Sarah
Stokes, Rose
Heidrick, Sarah
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Rose Stokes conducted by Sarah Heidrick in Nicodemus, Kansas, on November 14, 2009. In this interview, Rose Stokes discusses her involvement with the First Baptist Church in Nicodemus, Kansas, as well as her eventual decision to leave the Baptist church and join the Jehovah's Witnesses. She discusses the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses congregation, the relationships among congregations of various denominations in the area, and her perceptions of race issues. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas course taught at the University of Kansas by Dr. Timothy Miller in the fall of 2009.
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Oral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.
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2009-11-14
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Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas
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First Baptist Church (Nicodemus, Kan.), African-American churches -- Kansas., Jehovah's Witnesses -- Kansas.