- Collection:
- Anne Braden Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Henry Wallace and Carla Wallace, December 9, 1997
- Creator:
- Wallace, Henry F., 1915-2006
- Contributor to Resource:
- Wallace, Carla, 1957-
- Date of Original:
- 1997-12-09
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Interviews
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements--United States
Sedition--United States
Civil rights workers--Kentucky--Louisville
Women civil rights workers--Kentucky--Louisville
Trials (Sedition)--Kentucky
Woodberry Forest School
Kentucky Military Institute (1845-1971)
Communists--United States
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957--Influence
Cold War--Influence
Labor unions--Kentucky--Louisville
Fear--Kentucky--Louisville
Race relations
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations
Discrimination in education--Kentucky--Louisville
Employees--Dismissal of--Kentucky--Louisville
Civil rights movements--Kentucky--Louisville
Civil rights demonstrations--Kentucky--Louisville
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Kentucky
Youth--Political activity--Kentucky--Louisville
Stigma (Social psychology)--Kentucky--Louisville
Political activists--Kentucky--Louisville
Political participation--Kentucky--Louisville
Leisure--Kentucky--Louisville
Presidents--Election--1984
Gay activists--Kentucky--Louisville
Gays--Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville
Women's rights--Kentucky--Louisville
Mentoring--Kentucky--Louisville
Conflict management--Kentucky--Louisville
Solidarity--Kentucky--Louisville
Work-life balance--Kentucky--Louisville
Smoking--Kentucky--Louisville
Communities--Kentucky--Louisville
Trust--Kentucky--Louisville
Coalitions--Kentucky--Louisville
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) - People:
- Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Wallace, Henry F., 1915-2006--Interviews
Wallace, Carla, 1957- --Interviews
Yater, George H.
Pearce, John Ed.
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Edwards, George R., 1920-
Jones, Mattie
Freibert, Lucy M., 1922- - 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 Henry Wallace and Carla Wallace, December 9, 1997 conducted by Catherine Fosl.
In this interview Henry Wallace, a longtime friend of the Bradens, and Henry's daughter, Carla Wallace, an activist who worked closely with Anne Braden, discuss Anne and Carl Braden. Henry Wallace talks about the Bradens during the 1950s and 1960s and describes the political and social climate surrounding their 1954 trial for sedition. He also discusses the Communist Party and the leftist presence in Louisville, Kentucky during that era. Carla Wallace discusses Anne Braden's personality, her career as an activist, and her contribution to the Louisville community. Carla describes the lifestyle of a full-time activist and shares anecdotes from her years of activism and community-organizing with Anne. She also mentions other Louisville activists who have been important to their work. - Metadata URL:
- https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt759z909071
- 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 : [01:27:05]
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky
- Rights:
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