Ted Kennedy and Eula Hall

In 1983, Senator Edward M. Kennedy traveled to the eastern Kentucky counties of Letcher and Floyd during a survey on hunger in America. He was accompanied by fellow Democrat Carl D. Perkins, a member of the US House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th Congressional District who had built a legacy of support for the underprivileged.

This hearing at the Mud Creek Clinic in Grethel, KY took place on November 23, 1983 and was documented by filmmaker Anne Lewis.  The "camera original" videotape was transferred by the Appalshop Archive, and this clip was edited from the raw archival media.   To learn more about the Appalshop Archive's efforts to preserve and improve access to its audiovisual collections, visit the Archive website.

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