Activists

Interview regarding the history of Louisville's LGBTQ movement with Mandy Carter, a North Carolina activist, long among leading southern LGBT rights leaders of color; consultant to development of Fairness; co-founder of Southerners On New Ground; spent fall 2004 in Kentucky working on No-on-the-Amendment drive.

Hudson discusses the history of the Black Student Union at the University of Louisville during the late 1960s and early 1970s. His narrative stresses events leading up to and following the occupation of two university offices by BSU members and others during April and May, 1969.

Interview regarding the history of Louisville's LGBTQ movement with Pat Hussain, an Atlanta-based African American lesbian, who was an early leader of SONG (Southerners on New Ground) and outspoken organizer against homophobia in 1970s-90s; consultant to what became Fairness Campaign and based in Louisville for fall 2004 no-on-the-amendment campaign.

Interview regarding the history of Louisville's LGBTQ movement with Darnell Johnson, who is a Black gay man that first became active in the Louisville Youth Group. He “came out” while a student at UofL, later worked for Fairness Campaign staff organizer.

Morrison discussed growing up in Old Louisville, attending segregated primary school, being the first Black student in a Louisville Catholic School, and her activism at the University of Louisville.