In this series, we are going to bring you voices from the past – recordings recently found of four of our speakers from the years 1973-1975. This fourth voice is again that of historian Dr. James Hammack.  Dr. Hammack was on the Department of History faculty of Murray State University (MSU) for 30 years, 10 years of which he served as Department Chair.   Following his death,  a Scholarship Banquet has been held, for the past 8 years, at which the Dr. James W. Hammack, Jr. graduate scholarship is awarded. Dr. Hammack was instrumental in creating the Kentucky Oral History Commission…

In this series, we are going to bring you voices from the past – recordings recently found of four of our speakers from the years 1973-1975. This third voice is that of a historian, James W. Hammack, Jr.   Dr. Hammack was on the Department of History faculty of Murray State University (MSU) for 30 years, 10 years of which he served as Department Chair.   Following his death,  a Scholarship Banquet has been held, for the past 8 years, at which the Dr. James W. Hammack, Jr. graduate scholarship is awarded. Dr. Hammack was the author of a book entitled,…