This dissertation explores how presidential inaugural speeches reflect the overarching mindset of the government, and how, in the postmodern era, this mindset manifests the same sort of African American erasure that has existed since Middle...
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States; African American women--Economic conditions; African American women--Social conditions; Public welfare--United States--History--20th century
This dissertation is a rhetorical analysis of the political discourse surrounding the role of poor African American women within the American social and political economy beginning in 1965 with Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty initiatives and...
Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.); African Americans; African American physicians; Hospitals; Integration
Oral history interview with hospital administrator Waverley Johnson conducted on August 30, 1979, by Olivia Frederick. Mr. Johnson discusses the Red Cross (Community) Hospital and his role as administrator at this black-run institution. He...
Jacquiline (Mrs. Willard G.) Johnson, golf champion of Louisville, Kentucky, posed with son Charles Greene Johnson, holding an open book. Crop marks frame and outline their images. Stamped on back of image: March 10, 1933; credit, Walton Jones...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dormitories; Doors & doorways;
Entranceway to Bettie Johnson Hall. The doorway features a short covered walkway. The window over the entranceway roof is visible, and there are two wastebaskets flanking the glass door. Landscaping adjacent to the walkway is in bloom. Location:...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Dormitories;
Entranceway to Bettie Johnson Hall. The upper windows and roof are visible, and the doorway is not. Location: Belknap Campus: 401 West Cardinal Boulevard. Current uses: Dormitory. Named in honor: Bettie Johnson, 1936 graduate of UofL's Louisville...
"Johnson's Glass House, an almost entirely transparent composition in glass and steel, challenged traditional notions of house as shelter. The Classical pavilion set in the pond (lower right) was underscaled to create the illusion of...
Integration; African Americans; Hospitals; Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)
D.W. Beard was interviewed on November 29, 1979 about the Red Cross (Community) Hospital. He was a member of the board of Community Hospital, which was known previously as Red Cross Hospital. He discusses public perception of the hospital and the...
Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Women; Government officials; Governors; Inaugurations
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler and wife, Mildred Watkins Chandler, with Keen Johnson and wife, Eunice Nichols Johnson. They are all dressed in formal wear, among a group of people, probably on the occasion of Chandler's inauguration as...
In July 1995, National Science Foundation Award # 9551869 funded the development of a new inter-disciplinary microfabrication course under the primary leadership of Dr. Kevin Walsh at the University of Louisville. Along with this award, the...
Portrait of Dr. Aaron B. Johnson of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing dark-framed glasses and striped bow tie. The photograph has been torn, badly creased, and marked with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: Dr. A.B. Johnson, Osteopath;...
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...
Portraits; Women; Fans (Accessories); Partisan politics; Political conventions
Portrait of Annie K. (Mrs. Ben) Johnson of Bardstown, Kentucky. She is wearing a hat, floral print dress and holding a fan. Crop marks frame and outline her image. Attached to back of image: WITH THE BLUE GRASS STATE DELEGATION; Mrs. Ben Johnson,...
Autographed photomechanical print of Richard Johnson wearing a vest and jacket. The portrait has some discolorations. Johnson served in both the House and Senate of the United States, and was elected Vice-President of the United States in 1837. His...
Madison Conyers Johnson was born September 21, 1806 in Fayette County, Kentucky to one of the states pioneer families. His grandfather, Robert Johnson, represented the District of Kentucky in the Virginia Assembly in 1782 and was a member of the...
Three-quarter length character portrait of left profile of performer Orrin Johnson, who stands with one hand on hip and the other leaning on the back of a chair, wearing a tuxedo with boutonniere and white tie, and a mustache. Orrin Johnson was...
Full-length character portrait of performer Marion Pollock Johnson in costume for the role of Lady Kathleen Rossmagh in "The Price of Peace." She stands with hands clasped behind her back, wearing a flower or fascinator in her hair and a...
African Americans; Jefferson County Public Schools; School board members; School boards; School superintendents; School boards--African American membership; Busing (School integration); School integration; Public schools; Race relations
Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure on the Louisville/Jefferson County board of education in the late 1970s. He discusses the challenges of merging the city and...
Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Utility poles; Bourbon Stock Yard Company; Street railroad tracks; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Stockyards; Transportation
Utility lines crisscross over the trolley tracks on Johnson Street in front of the Bourbon Stockyards. Utility poles run down the sidewalk along a wooden privacy fence. Past the stockyards is a building advertising "F. Burke[?] Caf &...
Portrait of Marjorie B. (Mrs. Aaron B.) Johnson of Louisville, Kentucky. She is wearing her hair in finger curls and a crochet blouse. The photograph has a bent corner and is marred with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: Mrs. A.B....
