In 1983, Senator Edward M. Kennedy traveled to the eastern Kentucky counties of Letcher and Floyd County 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.

A Conversation with Eula Hall: Part of the Southern Rural Poverty Collection (video starts at :30)