Civil rights movements

Mr. Coleman is a employee of the Louisville Urban League. This interview concerns his involvement with the Urban League and the Louisville Civil Rights movement.

Discussion with Judge Combs, governor of Kentucky, 1959-1963, about Frank L. Stanley, Sr. and the Civil Rights movement in Kentucky; includes legislation passed in Kentucky concerning civil rights during Combs' administration and the part Stanley played as advisor to the governor.

Jane Grady is a civil rights activist who grew up in the Parkland neighborhood. She also lived in Beecher Terrace for a while. She remembered Little Africa, the Walnut Street Business District, and working for tenants’ rights in public housing.

The Reverend Hodge discusses his early family life in Texas, his experiences in Civilian Conservation Corps, college, a brief history of the Fifth Street Baptist Church in Louisville, the civil rights movement in Louisville and and his position on the Louisville Board of Realtors.

This interview was conducted shortly after Mr. Johnson had been elected to Jefferson County School Board from the First District and is a continuation of the series done by Ms. Monsour on Mr. Johnson's long civil rights career in Louisville. The discussion centers on riots and civil rights demonstrations in Louisville.

The eldest son of the Reverend H. Wise Jones, who was the minister of the Green Street Baptist from 1912 until 1950, discusses the history of the church, the role that religion and the church played in his life and the lives of Blacks in Louisville. He also discusses the role that the Black Baptist church played in the 1950s and 1960s civil rights movement in Louisville and the United States.

Born to Tal and Laura Moorman in Daviess County, Kentucky, Frank Moorman, Sr., came to Louisville in 1926 to rejoin his former employer, Dr. White, at his new drugstore in the Mammoth Building. Moorman later opened a drugstore with Dr. J.C. McDonald on the corner of Sixth and Walnut. He later opened a service station at Eighth and Walnut; this station became Frank's Super Service. Moorman discusses his grandparents and parents in the Buckhorn community in Daviess County, the evolution of his business, his feelings on the civil rights movement and race relations.

Mr. Perry discusses his education, time in the Army during World War I, and his personal experiences as Black principal in the Louisville school system. Included is a discussion about the quality of education received by Blacks before and after desegregation, how Black facilities compared with white facilities, and why few school employees were involved in civil rights movement in Louisville.

Mrs. Ray discusses her early life and upbringing in Tennessee as well as her life in Louisville. Mrs. Ray moved to Louisville in 1934 and attended Louisville Municipal College (LMC). She discusses her education both at LMC and at the University of Louisville. She describes many "inconsistencies" as she calls them -- situations where African Americans were not treated the same as whites. She also discusses the civil rights movement, which she says she was not a direct part of.

Sedler was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1935 and moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 1966 to become a professor at the University of Kentucky. He was raised in a liberal, Jewish household and was interested in politics from a young age. Sedler was involved in many high-profile civil rights cases, including the desegregation of schools in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. He also represented conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War. Sedler believes that his work with the ACLU has had a positive impact on civil liberties in the United States.