Civil rights movements--Kentucky

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.

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.

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.

Tachau discusses his grandparents; his parents Charles Tachau and Jean Brandeis Tachau; his father's insurance business, E.S. Tachau and Sons; the Depression of the 1930s in Louisville; his father's relationship with United States Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis; and the efforts of Brandeis and Tachau to assemble a World War I history collection at the University of Louisville. Tachau also discusses his childhood, education at Oberlin College, civic and business interests, Red Cross Hospital, and the civil rights movement in Louisville.

Henry Wallace was born to Augusta Graham French Wallace and Tom Wallace, a former editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, in 1915. He attended the University of Louisville, but was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1938 with an A.B. in history and political science. After college Wallace worked for the Lexington (Kentucky) Leader. He later worked for papers in Ohio and Puerto Rico. Wallace served in military intelligence early in World War II, but in 1943 he began a hitch in the merchant marine which lasted until the end of the war. In 1948 Wallace went to Cuba, where he worked for the Havana Daily Post and the Havana Herald, English language newspapers. While in Cuba Wallace also did freelance photographic work for Life magazine. He later worked for Time as a full-time reporter, covering Paris, Tangiers, and the Middle East. Wallace returned to Louisville in 1956 to manage his family's farm near Prospect. After the death of his parents, Wallace became active in civil rights, working for passage of public accommodations and open housing ordinances in Louisville.

Wedekind talks about his involvement with the Kentucky Civil Liberties Union (KCLU) and his experiences during the civil rights movement. He recalls the influence of his teachers and the impact of baseball on his life. He also discusses the Braden trial, a key event that led to the formation of the KCLU. Despite fears of being targeted during the Red Scare and McCarthyism, Kin joined the KCLU board in 1958, left the next year, and rejoined in the 1990s. He reflects on the changes in the organization over the decades and the significant individuals he worked with.