Stop #8 - Walnut Street Business District
A firsthand recollection of the old Walnut Street business district in Louisville, Ky.
Jacob Burress
Ken Clay oral history, Parkland Neighborhood Oral History Project
2014-2015
Ken Clay; University of Louisville
mp3
English
Stop #9 - Zion Street Baptist Church
Sherri Hamilton recounts the open housing struggle in Louisville and the role Rev. A.D. King played in Louisville.
Jacob Burress
Sherri Hamilton, Parkland Neighborhood Oral Histories, University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections
Sherri Hamilton
mp3
English
Stop #15 - Chickasaw Park
Ken Clay discusses the history of Chickasaw Park in Louisville's West End and its importance to the African American community.
Jacob Burress
Ken Clay, Parkland Neighborhood Oral Histories, University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections
Ken Black
mp3
English
Stop #16 - Braden Home
Bob Cunningham discusses the importance of the Bradens in the Civil Rights Movement and how Anne Braden persuaded him to become more involved in the cause.
Jacob Burress
Bob Cunningham, Parkland Neighborhood Oral Histories, University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections
Bob Cunningham
mp3
English
Stop #21 - Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church
Louisville resident Bob Cunningham recounts the story of visiting Quinn Chapel and telling the parishioners that their church is on the location of his boyhood home.
Jacob Burress
Bob Cunningham, Parkland Neighborhood Oral Histories, University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections
Bob Cunningham
mp3
English
Stop #18 - 1968 Parkland Uprising
Reporter Merv Aubespin recounts the events of the Parkland Uprising in May 1968.
Jacob Burress
Merv Aubespin, Parkland Neighborhood Oral Histories, University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections
Merv Aubespin
mp3
English
Stop #1 - Muhammad Ali Center
Donald Lassere, President and CEO of the Muhammad Ali Center, discusses the role Muhammad Ali played during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the Center's goals and mission for racial equality into the 21st century.
Jacob Burress
Lookin @ Louisville, YouTube segment
Donald Lassere
mp3
English
Stop #2 - Charles Anderson
Former Louisville Municipal College and UofL professor Charles Parrish explains the merger of LMC into UofL. While in the Kentucky Statehouse, Anderson fought for African American education.
Jacob Burress
Charles Parrish, African American Oral History Collection, University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections
12-14-1976
Charles Parrish
mp3
English
Stop #3 - Simmons University/Louisville Municipal College
Former LMC professor Charles Parrish recounts his first faculty meeting after the merger with UofL and how, as the first African American professor, he would handle advising duties for African American students.
Jacob Burress
Charles Parrish, African American Oral History Collection, University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections
12-14-1976
Charles Parrish
mp3
English
Stop #4 - Old Central High School
Lyman Johnson, a longtime teacher at Central High School, recounts the role Central played as Louisville's only high school for African American students
Jacob Burress
Lyman T. Johnson, Anne Braden Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
6-21-1991
Lyman T. Johnson
mp3
English