Interview with Charles F. Call Jr., June 22, 1978

Partial Transcript: My name is Edward Owens. I'm working with the Urban League on the oral black history project.

Segment Synopsis: Call talks about how his relationship with Robert Henry Hughes began. He also discusses how their relationship developed over time.

Keywords: Black businessmen; Black horsemen; Black tailors; Horse racing; Robert Henry Hughes; Wealthy blacks

Subjects: African Americans in horse racing

Partial Transcript: But he was a, he was a nice man, a good man to me. He and I spent a lot of nights together

Segment Synopsis: Call talks about some of the personal memories he has of Robert Hughes, including a story about Hughes and himself shortly before his death.

Keywords: Robert Henry Hughes; Storytelling

Subjects: African Americans in horse racing

Partial Transcript: He came to me and said sport, it was late in the evening my help (??) had gone...

Segment Synopsis: Call recalls an incident in which Robert Hughes tries to confide in Call shortly before Hughes passing.

Keywords: Robert Henry Hughes; Storytelling

Partial Transcript: Let me ask a question, what did his father tell him?

Segment Synopsis: Call discusses Robert Hughes family history, including the property left by his father and the background story about his parents. He also mentions how he found out about the money Hughes left him after Hughes passed. He also mentions that Robert Hughes left him the house he resides in.

Keywords: Biracial families; Ellen Hughes; Family history; John T. Hughes; Robert Henry Hughes; Slave and slave owner relationships

Subjects: Racially mixed people

Partial Transcript: And when he came back from New York and went down to the bank building to see John Allen and them...

Segment Synopsis: Call shares a story about Robert Henry Hughes falling in some hedges after drinking too much.

Keywords: Robert Henry Hughes; Storytelling

Partial Transcript: Sir, can I ask you what his skin tone was?

Segment Synopsis: Call talks about Robert Henry Hughes race and how he was received by the white and black communities of Lexington. He also mentions the different skins tones of blacks. He also discusses the Robert Henry Hughes Scholarship.

Keywords: Horse racing; John T. Hughes; Race relations; Robert Henry Hughes Scholarship

Subjects: African Americans in horse racing; Racially mixed people

Partial Transcript: And when he died, that, I was supposed to be there at six o'clock that next, next morning and, and give him...

Segment Synopsis: Call talks about how he found out about Robert Henry Hughes' death. He goes on to discuss the details surrounding Hughes death. He also talks about Hughes unwillingness to hire himself help.

Keywords: Robert Henry Hughes; Storytelling