This thesis is an examination and analysis of the role of law enforcement in the transformation of a city's downtown from one dominated by sleazy strip bars and prostitutes to one of family entertainment. The focus is on the police and prosecutors;...
Farmers' markets--Kentucky--Louisville; African Americans--Nutrition; African American consumers--Kentucky--Louisville; Health promotion--Kentucky--Louisville--Citizen participation; Food--Social aspects
The purpose of this study is to obtain a better understanding of the interactions and the
social environment of the local farmers' markets, Fresh Stops, and Healthy in a Hurry
Corner Stores in West Louisville and East Downtown. This study will...
Public housing--Kentucky--Newport; Urban renewal--Kentucky--Newport; Newport (Ky.)--Economic conditions
This dissertation examines the outcomes of the Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI) program in one American city, Newport, Kentucky. HOPE VI also improved the quality of life and satisfaction of former public housing residents who...
Aerial view of downtown, Broadway in foreground, Louisville, Kentucky. Low aerial view of downtown Louisville, focusing on a cluster of larger buildings amid smaller buildings.
This facility appears to have closed sometime in 1991. The downtown campus began as an effort to appeal to the Louisville business community. Classes and seminars were offered throughout the day from January, 1986 until its closure. The university...
This aerial view of Louisville, Kentucky captures a portion of downtown and the Ohio River. In the bottom left is the distinctive tower of City Hall. Across the street from that at 527 W. Jefferson Street is the Jefferson County Courthouse (now...
Aerial view of downtown, Broadway in foreground, Louisville, Kentucky. Aerial view of a cluster of larger buildings amid smaller buildings. In the upper left corner of the photograph is the Ohio River and a bridge. Gift of R. G. Potter.
Three views of downtown Louisville and the Portland neighborhood from a high perch looking over the roofs of buildings towards the Ohio River. Includes views of the Second Street Bridge, also known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge and...
An aerial photograph of downtown Louisville, the Ohio River, and Southern Indiana with the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, also known as the Second Street Bridge, in the center of the river. Title supplied by cataloger.
Downtown view of Louisville with the Ohio River to the north and a focus on the Kentucky Home Life insurance building. Alternate view of downtown looking south from southern Indiana. View across the Municipal Bridge.
African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights; Louisville Free Public Library; Girl Scouts; Libraries; Integration; African Americans--Social conditions
Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...
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...
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...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African American newspapers; Louisville Leader (Ky.); Kentucky Reporter (Louisville, Ky.); Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co....
Oral history interview with Lattimore Cole conducted on November 26, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. In this interview, Mr. Cole discusses his early education in Louisville, working for his father’s newspaper the Louisville Leader and describes what it was...
Address: 600 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A sign on the side of this brick building announces that it is First Standard Bank, an African American bank in downtown Louisville. The pediment over the door, mock...
Men; Dogs; Suits (Clothing); Hats; Sidewalks; Staffs (Sticks); People
A man in a well-tailored suit, hat, and cane stands on a sidewalk. He holds something in his fist which is extended slightly toward a dog who is watching it intently as he sits. The dog wears a leather collar and harness studded with metal. The...
Water runs over an eroded shore of the Ohio River. Beyond the railroad bridge at Fourteenth Street is the smoky skyline of downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
Two steamboats are docked along the waterfront in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The paddlewheel of one is exposed. A cloud of dark smoke hovers over the water although it is unclear if it is generating from the boats or the numerous smokestacks...
Trucks and horse-and-carriage rigs are parked at Floyd and Jefferson Streets in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The streets are made of brick and have trolley tracks. People look at produce in baskets near the rear of the vehicles. One of the...
Window displays; Stores & shops; Hats; Buildings; Mannequins; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
A female mannequin sits in the display window at Stewart Dry Goods Company which was located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The mannequin wears a sheath dress and holds a feathered fan and long white gloves. She looks toward a stand on which a...
