Real estate agents

Ed Bowles was born in Butchertown. He owned a grocery in the area for 13 years and has realty office there through 1985.

Robin Bray is a real estate agent. She discussed the history of redlining and current efforts to revitalize West Louisville.

Robert Bronner recalls his early years, this Florida native also recalls early days of Miami Beach. Parents' origin, Wuertemberg, Germany, originally came to Syracuse, NY (See "A Minyan to a community", Syracuse University Press). Early years as a builder-realtor in Louisville, 1950, building the Jewish Community Center.

Tia Brown grew up in the Newburg neighborhood and currently resides in Fern Creek. She shared memories of Newburg from her childhood and the history she’s researched of the neighborhood. She worked for a time as a real estate agent in Maryland and compared it to the housing situation in Kentucky.

Eleanor Foreman, born in Louisville in 1926, was raised in the Fort Hill neighborhood and was an only child. In this interview, she talks about her life growing up, her first job, and her career life. She went to Municipal College in 1946, then later went to Bellarmine, during this time as well, she got her real estate license. Foreman then went on to work at the Louisville Medical Depot for 7 years and the Army Corps of Engineers, where she worked with computers. She worked for the government as well where she worked on negotiating with people and moving them from their houses. Her work had her travelling in places such as Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Eastern Kentucky, where she discusses her experiences as a black woman. While working in these jobs, Foreman worked as a real estate broker in Louisville too. She and her partner, Alice Mobley, worked together for years and were focused on selling houses in the West End. Eleanor Foreman discusses the place of Black individuals in the real estate business, the obstacles she faced as a black woman, and how she attempted to integrate neighborhoods through house buying in order for Black families to receive the same benefits as white families. Foreman continued her work as a real estate broker after Alice Mobley passed away and continued to work with the community in various ways up until her interview.

Russell Gailor and his son, Tommy, are realtors in Louisville's South End. They discussed the history of Oakdale; the housing patterns over the last fifty years; the industries in the area; and its decline.

Mr. Hammond, a small business owner and real estate agent, discusses his childhood, education and life as a young adult living and working in Louisville. He talks about being a small business owner, the impact of urban renewal on the black business district, Small Business Administration loans, and his belief in the potential of young people in his community. He describes the opportunities of black real estate agents, talks about busing, gives his views on affordable housing for low-income families and concludes the interview with a discussion of his desire for greater participation by African Americans in community development.

This interview was conducted in 1979 as part of a series on African Americans in Louisville. It is cross-listed here as part of the Joe Hammond Series. Mr. Hammond, a small business owner and real estate agent, discusses his childhood, education and life as a young adult living and working in Louisville. He talks about being a small business owner, the impact of urban renewal on the black business district, Small Business Administration loans, and his belief in the potential of young people in his community. He describes the opportunities of black real estate agents, talks about busing, gives his views on affordable housing for low-income families and concludes the interview with a discussion of his desire for greater participation by African Americans in community development.

A real estate agent. The narrator discusses life in the St. Matthews area.

The narrator (born 1899) discusses his near sixty years in the real estate business and his last twenty years on the Kentucky Board of Realtors. He also describes the changes in the field during his long career and his term as president of the Louisville