African Americans; African American politicians; African American businesspeople; African American business enterprises; Women politicians; Civil rights; Louisville (Ky.)--Politics and government; Politicians; Integration; Discrimination in housing
Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party,...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American college teachers; African American educators; African American newspapers; Integration; Segregation in education; Race relations; Baptists;...
Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...
Students from Central High School stand in front of what is likely the school. The students where band uniforms with hats and capes. The front line includes the drums, drum major, and a man in a suit who is likely the band director. Several rows of...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
Caricatured African American barber stands over client and gazes at a caricatured African American woman, a manicurist. The barber's shaving brush is in his client's mouth. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be...
African Americans; Children; Group portraits; Schools; People
Location: Thirteenth and Liberty Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Hundreds of African American school children and their teachers pose for a portrait in front of their school. This may be Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School at 1228 W. Liberty...
African Americans; Children; Pianos; Students; Teachers; Religious facilities; Sunday schools; People
A crowd of people, mostly African American children, attend Sunday school in a classroom containing a row of chairs. An African American man in a suit stands by a podium and may be the minister. Two white women and a boy stand or play at the piano...
Large orphanage building with Colonial architecture in Lexington, Kentucky. There are African American children and adults in the front yard and on the porch. The children all wear uniforms or at least similar clothing.
Five rows of African American teenagers, male and female, stand wearing choir robes on the front steps of a building. A student in a wheelchair sits in front.
Elderly African American man, seated, with a walking stick and a hat. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of Louisville and the University Archives & Records Center...
African Americans; Men; Hand tools; Hammers; Shoes; Shoemakers; Shoemaking; People
An African American man sits on a wooden bench and uses a hammer on the sole of a boot supported on a metal pole. He wears a work apron over his knee-length pants and button-up shirt with tie. Tongs, shoehorns, and more shoes wait on the bench next...
African Americans; Men; Tobacco; Employees; People
An African American man in overalls and a button-up shirt carries an armload of tobacco leaves. Bales of tobacco stand nearly to the man's shoulder. A series of pegs with coiled ropes attached to them mark the wooden beams in the background.
African Americans; Men; Trucks; Advertising; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; People; Transportation
A group of African American salesmen pose in front of a truck. One man sits behind the wheel. The men wear suits and some of them have on an overcoat or hat. A sign on the truck reads, "Free 100 Watt Free Mazda lamp delivered to each...