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Musician Robert Key tells how Paul Robeson is the only African American who was ever allowed to sing at the Pendennis Club. The Club was well known for its restrictive policy toward African Americans, which extended in many ways into its…

Andrew Wade discusses the challenges he faced trying to buy a house for his family in Shively, an all-white neighborhood at the time.

Bob Coleman provides insights into the diverse neighborhood of Parkland during the 1950s and 1960s. Muhammad Ali grew up in this same neighborhood, a neighborhood that was diverse and looked-out for one another.

Charles Kerr recounts the desegregation of Fountaine Ferry Park in the late 1960s

Rev. Louis Coleman worked his entire life for social justice, progress, and equal opportunity for African Americans. Mattie Jones, one of Coleman's longtime colleagues, discusses the type of work Coleman started in Louisville

Cate Fosl discusses the "tenacity" of Anne Braden and the work she contributed to the Civil Rights Movement and her work for social justice

Lyman Johnson remembers how he came to Louisville through the recommendation of his sister

Louisville experienced several Open Housing protests, often led by Rev. A.D. King, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s younger brother. John Johnson talks about the efforts to integrate housing

UofL Women's and Gender Studies professor and Director of the Anne Braden Institute, Cate Fosl, contextualizes the role Louisville played in the Civil Rights Movement that is often overlooked by other southern cities

Lyman Johnson, a longtime teacher at Central High School, recounts the role Central played as Louisville's only high school for African American students