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Lyles Mall, 2600 W., Broadway, named for and developed by Lenny Lyles, a formeer University of Louisville and NFL football star.

“Parkland Rising,” a two-story mural featuring the mythological phoenix bird, which rises from the ashes, at 3201 Greenwood Ave., the scene of fatal shootings in May 2011.

Muhammad Ali’s childhood home, 3302 Grand Ave., where Cassius and Odetta Clay reared the boxer and his younger brother.

Braden Center, 3208 W. Broadway, a meeting place and headquarters for social justice organizations.

Catholic Enrichment Center, 3146 W. Broadway, offering a Dare to Care food bank and providing activities for youth and seniors, operated by the Archdiocese of Louisville.

NIA Center, 2900 W. Broadway, whose name comes from the Swahili word for “purpose.” It offerings include job training and career placement services and programs to encourage new business ideas, and it’s also a TARC depot.

color photo taken April 2015

John and Murray Atkins Walls talk about early efforts to integrate the Louisville Free Public Library. In this clip, Murray tells of an event in December 1941 where demonstrators were permitted enter the library.

Louisville newspaperman and political activist William Ealy discusses A.D. Porter's early role in the Lincoln Party and how that party nominated Porter to run for mayor.

Lattimore Cole discusses his late father, I. Willis Cole, and his paper, The Louisville Defender. The Defender had a close relationship with the Lincoln Insurance Company, which the elder Cole was on the Board.