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Title	Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson (1976).
Interviewee	Johnson, Lyman T., 1906-1997
Contributors	Cox, Dwayne, 1950- (interviewer)
Description	Oral history interview conducted with Lyman T. Johnson on May 6, 1976 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson, a civil rights activist and educator focuses on Johnson’s involvement in the effort to integrate the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky for blacks in Kentucky. Johnson contradicts the University of Louisville administrators by asserting that they did not voluntarily integrate as they have stated. He discusses the disparities between Louisville Municipal College and the University of Louisville. Johnson also discusses the efforts to integrate the Louisville parks system, the library system and the stores in downtown Louisville. Johnson describes his role in the defeat of Male High School principal William S. Milburn’s mayoral bid against William Cowger in 1961.
Subject	African Americans African American educators Segregation in higher education Civil rights workers African Americans--Education (Higher) Race relations University of Louisville University of Kentucky Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.)
People Discussed	Milburn, William S.
Location	Louisville (Ky.) Jefferson County (Ky.) Lexington (Ky.)
Date Original	1976-05-06
Object Type	sound recordings transcripts
Source	Audiocassette tape number 167, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Citation Information	See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/afamoh#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection	African American Community Interviews, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/afamoh/
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Format	audio/mp3 application/pdf
Duration	01:01:23; 24 pages
Ordering Information	To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://louisville.edu/library/archives/copies Please cite the Interview Number when ordering.
Interview Number	ULUA.OH.167
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Title	[Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, introduction]
Interviewee	Johnson, Lyman T., 1906-1997
Contributors	Cox, Dwayne, 1950- (interviewer)
Description	[Introductory slide for oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson]
Citation Information	See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/afamoh#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection	African American Community Interviews, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/afamoh/
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Ordering Information	To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://louisville.edu/library/archives/copies Please cite the Interview Number when ordering.
Interview Number	ULUA.OH.167

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