- Collection:
- African American Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Louise Reynolds
- Creator:
- Reynolds, Louise, 1916-1995
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bobo, Mary
- Date of Original:
- 1979-06-13
- Subject:
- African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville
African American politicians--Kentucky--Louisville
African American businesspeople--Kentucky--Louisville
African American business enterprises--Kentucky--Louisville
Women politicians--Kentucky--Louisville
Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville
Louisville (Ky.)--Politics and government
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Race discrimination--Kentucky--Louisville
Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville
Politicians--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in public accommodations--Law and legislation--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in housing--Law and legislation--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--Kentucky--Louisville
City council members--Kentucky--Louisville
Women city council members--Kentucky--Louisville
Republican Party (Ky.)--Party work
Mayors--Kentucky--Louisville
United States. Small Business Administration
African Americans--Politics and government
United States--Race relations--Political aspects
Legislators--United States
Legislators--Kentucky - People:
- Cowger, William O. (William Owen), 1922-1971
Schmied, Kenneth A., 1911-1973
Robsion, John Marshall, 1904-1990
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Reynolds, Louise, 1916-1995 - Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
- Medium:
- sound recordings
transcripts
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party, including her work as a precinct committeewoman, in the party's headquarters, and for Representative John Robsion. She worked for Robsion in the 1950s, and was elected to Louisville's Board of Alderman in 1961. Ms. Reynolds discusses the legislation passed during her time on the board, including the Public Accommodations Ordinance, the establishment of the Human Relations Commission, and an Equal Opportunity ordinance, and her involvement in trying to pass an open housing ordinance. She discusses the administrations of mayors William Cowger, and to a lesser extent, Kenneth Schmied. She also describes a visit to the White House at the invitation of President Lyndon Johnson. She also worked for the Small Business Administration, and she talks about the advice she gives small businesspeople who approach the SBA for loans, and notes several successful African American businesspeople in Louisville.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Reynolds%2C%20Louise
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 01:17:51
28 pages - Contributing Institution:
- University of Louisville. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
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