CIVIL RIGHTS RESOURCES
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The Kentucky Virtual Library is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day, to provide quality library and information resources, and trained professional staff to help support the research and the lifelong learning needs of KYVU students and Kentuckians.
The Kentucky Virtual Library's digital collection, the Kentuckiana
Digital Library, provides a searchable database of digitized finding aids,
photographs, diaries, letters and much more from special collections and archives
in libraries across Kentucky. The collection contains the following primary
sources and finding aids of interest for civil rights research. These resources
have been collected to support the KET documentary Living
the Story premiering January 21, 2002.
Printable version of this page (pdf format).
An
address delivered before the Colonization society of Kentucky, at Frankfort,
on the 6th day of January, 1831 (Centre College)
Address
to the people of Kentucky on the subject of emancipation
Address to the people of Kentucky on the subject of emancipation
Assistant
Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1868
(Kentucky Historical Society)
This volume contains records of the United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen,
and Abandoned Lands. The records document the bureau's activities in Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Alabama from 1865 to 1868. The bulk of the book includes monthly
reports, general regulations, and guidelines; written requests for the death
records of both blacks and whites, especially those mistreated, between October
18, 1865 to October 1, 1866 and July 1, 1867 to July 1, 1868 in Kentucky and
Tennessee; an explanation of the rights of blacks in Tennessee; monthly reports
of destitute refugees; and an order forbidding officers and agents to operate
outside of their jurisdiction without proper authorization.
Black
Student Union Records, 1968-1969 (University of Louisville)
These records of the Black Student Union of the University of Louisville begin
with the publication of the September, 1968, newsletter. Throughout the fall
and winter of 1968 and 1969, the newsletter continued, usually on a monthly
basis.
Blacks
in Lexington Oral History Project, 1900-1989 (University of Kentucky)
These interviews concern the educational, political, economic, and social opportunities
for blacks in Lexington during the twentieth century.
Caren
(Anton) Shiloh Collection, 1990 (Western Kentucky University)
This collection is concerned with Cosby family history since the 1860's and
the history of blacks in Warren Co., Ky.
Charles
Henry Parrish Papers, 1931-1983 (University of Louisville)
The Charles Henry Parrish, Jr., Papers, 1897-1969, document the lives of his
parents, wife and daughter, as well as his career in teaching, civil rights
and community work. As a Louisville family whose work revolved around the local
community, the Charles Henry Parrish, Jr., Papers reflect the growth of their
work in human rights and community concerns in this region.
Community
(Red Cross) Hospital Records, 1902-1976 (University of Louisville)
The records of the Community (Red Cross) Hospital date from 1902 to 1976. Included
are documents created by the board of directors, administrators, medical staff,
and department heads. These records reflect the various activities connected
with the administration of a hospital including the construction and maintenance
of a facility capable of meeting the needs of a rapidly changing field, the
financial problems confronting medical institutions during the 1950s and 1960s,
and the effects of integration and federal health programs on a hospital which
served a predominantly Black community. Patient records reveal the types of
illnesses and injuries suffered by the city's residents and the medical treatment
which they received.
Dr.
T. T. (Thomas Tyler) Wendell Collection, 1894-1947 (Kentucky Historical
Society)
The collection is of interest for reflecting the business, educational, and
social concerns of some African-Americans during the late 19th century to mid-20th
century period.
Frederick
Moore Vinson Collection, 1907-1953 (University of Kentucky)
Papers and documents relating to attorney, congressman, and thirteenth chief
justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frederick Moore Vinson offers researchers
a wealth of information about such topics as Kentucky politics, the New Deal
era, the World War Two years, postwar economic readjustment, and the work of
the postwar Supreme Court as it established the ground work for future opinions
regarding civil rights and other issues. Correspondence, photographs, court
decisions, agency reports, government documents, press releases, statistics,
and executive orders are among the holdings in this collection.
Frederick
W. Woolsey Papers, 1946-1980 (University of Louisville)
Frederick W. Woolsey (1919-), as a reporter for the Louisville Times from 1955
to 1965, reported on civil rights and race relations. Later, as staff writer
for the Sunday Magazine of the Courier-Journal (1965-), he wrote on black history
and about black leadership in the community. Woolsey's papers include a few
letters and a speech; reporter's notes; and reference and cllpping files--virtually
all related to his research on stories on the history of civil rights and race
relations in the Louisville area.
Freeport
Project Collection (Western Kentucky University)
This collection includes interviews with 28 informants about Freeport, a small
Black Community in Warren County. Includes information about economic conditions,
social life, religious life and education.
George
D. Wilson Papers, ca. 1923-1988 (University of Louisville)
The George D. Wilson Papers collection contains miscellaneous pamphlets and
other material collected by George D. Wilson, primarily concerning segregation
and desegregation in Kentucky, including material from the Kentucky Negro Education
Association and the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.
Harvey
Curtis Webster Papers, ca. 1645-1974 (University of Louisville)
This collection includes Professor Webster's regular column for a local black
newspaper, the Louisville Defender and includes papers concerned with Webster's
involvement in civil rights and community affairs.
Joseph
Carl Ruff Collection, 1993 (Western Kentucky University)
This is a collection of interviews with 29 Afro-Americans regarding their experiences
as students and teachers in 14 in South Central Kentucky counties during the
period 1920-1960.
Kentucky
Civil Liberties Union Records, 1939 (1956-1981)- 1981 (University of
Louisville)
The Kentucky Civil Liberties Union was formally established in early 1956. Since
the organization at first had neither a headquarters or paid staff, its early
records were scattered among former state chairpersons and committee heads.
Laura
Ann Solomon Collection, 1990 (Western Kentucky University)
Black History in Bowling Green. Interview (transcribed) with Henry K. Alexander,
1926- a Bowling Green native who was the first black to attend Western Vocational
Trade School and who has been involved with the Bowling Green chapter of the
NAACP.
Lois
Morris Papers, 1920-1988 (University of Louisville)
The papers provide an overview of Morris' interests and activism especially
in regard to African-American women. The largest series is titled "Politically
Active Organizations" (3.75 linear feet) concerning groups of which Morris was
a member and/or office holder. These include the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Morris was co-chair of the NAACP Task
Force on the Desegregation of Institutions of Higher Education, which also dealt
with the protection of historically black colleges and universities such as
Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. Other organizations represented
in the papers are the National Council of Negro Women, the Louisville Coalition
of 100 Black Women, and the Black Women's Agenda. The series also documents
Morris' founding of Black Women for Political Action, which developed into a
national organization. Black Women for Political Action provided a forum for
blacks interested in seeking public office.
Martin
M. Perley Papers, 1968-1977 (Filson Historical Society)
Martin Perley served as executive director of the Louisville and Jefferson County
Human Relations Commission from March 1968 to April 1977. The papers of Martin
Perley include Human Relations Commission meeting minutes; directors reports;
annual reports; speeches; affirmative action material; hate mail; biographical
sketches; and newspaper clippings. Topics discussed include racism; anti-Semitism;
race relations; affirmative action; women's rights; handicapped employment;
civil rights; housing conditions, availability, and discrimination; police-citizen
relations; school desegregation during the 1970's in Louisville (Ky.); transportation
in Louisville; and African-American voter registration in Louisville and Jefferson
County.
Murray
B. Atkins Walls Papers, 1866-1980 (University of Louisville)
The papers of Murray B. Atkins Walls, (1899-) date from 1866 to the present.
The bulk of the material relates to the lives and careers of Murray Atkins Walls,
a civil-rights activist, and her husband, Dr. John H. Walls, (1889-) a prominent
Louisville black physician. Most of this material dates from 1929 to 1980.
Newsletters
and Newspapers of Local Organizations, ca. 1970-1998 (University of
Louisville)
This collection includes newsletters and newspapers from several Louisville
area organizations, including Black Women for Political Action Newsletter, 1987-1988,
and The Black Rag, 1970.
Progress
in Education (PIE) Records, 1972-1978 (University of Louisville)
The PIE records consist of three subgroups: organizational records, 1975-1977;
records of other organizations, including various pro-busing groups, 1974-1977;
and a topical file relating to the desegregation of Jefferson County, Kentucky,
schools, 1972-1978.
Victor
Howard Civil Rights and Church State Material Collection, 1944-1976
(University of Kentucky)
The Victor Howard Collection represents a national issue and includes material
for the approximate period of 1944-1976. A great deal of literature that might
be found in archives in Washington, D.C., or in any of the fifty U.S. states,
is available inthis collection. Letters written to Mr. Howard by various city,
state, and federal agencies in response to requests from him for information
and literature documenting their position on, and progress in achieving Civil
Rights, are part of the collection. A majority of the material in this collection
arrived as a result of Victor Howard's unrelenting desire to discover the nature
and status of Civil Rights in the United States. Within each box of material
organized by state, several areas of concentration are evident, including: discrimination,
desegregation, education, employment, housing, human rights, human/community
relations, laws and litigation, political influence and comments, religion,
and segregation.
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