- Collection:
- Anne Braden Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Andrew Wade, November 8, 1989
- Creator:
- Wade, Andrew, IV
- Contributor to Resource:
- Fosl, Catherine
- Date of Original:
- 1989-11-08
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights workers--Kentucky--Louisville
Communism
Discrimination in housing--Kentucky--Louisville
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations
Intimidation--Kentucky--Louisville
Sedition
Communism--Kentucky--Louisville
African American veterans--Kentucky--Louisville
African American civil rights workers--Kentucky--Louisville
Real property--Kentucky--Louisville
Real estate developers--Kentucky--Louisville
Neighborhoods--Kentucky--Louisville
Race relations
Bombings--Kentucky--Louisville
Trials (Sedition)--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in insurance--Kentucky--Louisville
Electricians--Kentucky--Louisville
Electricians--Labor unions--Kentucky--Louisville
Race discrimination--Kentucky--Louisville
Racism in the press--Kentucky--Louisville - People:
- Wade, Andrew, IV--Interviews
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Hamilton, A. Scott - Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Interview with Andrew Wade, November 8, 1989 conducted by Catherine Fosl.
Andrew Wade was an African American electrical contractor who was an acquaintance of Anne and Carl Braden. In 1954, after trying to buy a house for months with no success, the Bradens bought a home for Wade and his family in Shively, an all-white neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky. In this interview, Wade discusses the frustration he found in trying to buy a home in a neighborhood of his choosing and his determination to do so in the face of racial discrimination. He speaks about his white neighbors' fears and tensions that arose eventually leading to the bombing of his home. The sedition case that followed the bombing, Wade's feelings about the commonwealth's attorney, Scott Hamilton, and the Bradens' reputation after the incident are also discussed. - Metadata URL:
- https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7mcv4bpp1t
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.
- Extent:
- 1 interview : [00:29:15]
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky
- Rights:
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