Men; Carriages & coaches; Old Times Distillery Distributing Company; Hartman Furniture and Carpet Company
Main Street between Seventh Street and Eighth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. One man is driving a horse and wagon down Main Street past Old Times Distillery Distributing Company and the Hartman Furniture and Carpet Company warehouse. Wagon has...
Segregation in education; African American construction workers; Construction workers; African Americans; Labor unions; Race relations; Laborers' International Union of North America; Women construction workers; African Americans--Employment; A....
Oral history interview conducted with James "Jimmy" Stewart on April 4, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Stewart, business manager for Local 576 of the Laborers' International Union of North America discusses segregation in education in Tennessee...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); Central High School (Louisville, Ky.); Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; African Americans--Employment;...
Oral history interview conducted with James Shively on December 18, 1978 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Shively focuses largely on his education in Louisville, at Louisville Central High School and the Louisville Municipal College, in the 1930s and 1940s. He...
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--Education (Elementary); African Americans--Education (Higher); National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.); Fisk University; Howard University; African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights; African...
Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...
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...
African American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
Horses; Boys; Banners; American Folk Song Festival
Children on horseback carry a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs" through a cornfield next to a haystack. Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited...
Two boys stand on a hillside holding a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs." Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at the first...
Boys; Banners; Girls; Hills; American Folk Song Festival
Three boys and a girl stand on a hillside holding a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs." Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at...
Boys; Banners; Cliffs; American Folk Song Festival
Three boys hold a sign reading "Jean Thomas presents Dorothy Gordon in American Folk Songs" over a cliff. Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to perform at the first American...
Horses; Sleds & sleighs; Men; Women; Boys; Girls; Banners; American Folk Song Festival
A group in a horse-drawn sleigh bearing a sign "We're on our way to Dorothy Gordon's concert" makes their way to the American Folk Song Festival. Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited...
Horses; Sleds & sleighs; Men; Women; Boys; Girls; Banners; American Folk Song Festival
A group in a horse-drawn sleigh bearing a sign "We're on our way to Dorothy Gordon's concert" makes their way to the American Folk Song Festival. Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited...
Men; Women; Children; Boys; Girls; Log cabins; Banners; American Folk Song Festival
An old man, woman, and four children stand in front of a log cabin holding a sign reading "We're on our way to Dorothy Gordon's concert." Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited her to...
Horses; Sleds & sleighs; Men; Women; Boys; Girls; Banners; American Folk Song Festival
A group in a horse-drawn sleigh bearing a sign "We're on our way to Dorothy Gordon's concert" makes their way to the American Folk Song Festival. Thomas had met Gordon, a folk song interpreter, while working in New York City, and invited...
Gardeners--Kentucky--Louisville--Social conditions; Community gardens--Kentucky--Louisville
Using four surveys, two created by this researcher, another created by Walizcek, Mattson, and Zajicek, and a fourth created by Herbach, the researcher compared the characteristics of community gardeners, their motivations for gardening, and the...
The number of refugees being uprooted from their homes to seek refuge and resettlement in countries like the United States continues to grow, with large numbers being children. While each refugee group has its own set of challenges when adjusting...
Portrait of Alice (Mrs. Jonathan Van Dyke) Norman, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky. She is wearing a large, ruffled collar and her hair wavy. The photograph has been painted on and marked with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: member of...
United States--Foreign relations--China; China--Foreign relations--United States; United States--Foreign relations--Taiwan; Taiwan--Foreign relations--United States; China--Foreign relations--Taiwan; Taiwan--Foreign relations--China
During the 2004 Presidential Election in the Republic of China, President Chen Shui-bian proposed two referenda. These referenda dealt with relations with the People's Republic of China. The People's Republic of China reacted very strongly against...
