- Collection:
- African American Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson
- Creator:
- Johnson, Lyman T., 1906-1997
Cox, Dwayne, 1950- - Publisher:
- Audiocassette tape number 1983-42 and 1983-43, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1982-03-24
- Subject:
- African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville
Jefferson County Public Schools
School board members--Kentucky--Louisville
School boards--Kentucky--Louisville
School superintendents--Kentucky--Louisville
School boards--African American membership
Busing for school integration--Kentucky--Louisville
School integration--Kentucky--Louisville
Public schools--Kentucky--Louisville
Race relations
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race discrimination--Kentucky--Louisville
Public school closings--Kentucky--Louisville
Public school closings--Kentucky--Jefferson County - People:
- Grayson, Ernest C.
Maupin, Milburn T., 1926-1990
VanHoose, Richard, 1910-1998
Ingwerson, Donald W.
DeRuzzo, David
Johnson, Lyman T., 1906-1997 - Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
- Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Oral history interviews with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on May 6, 1976 and March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure on the Louisville/Jefferson County board of education in the late 1970s. He discusses the challenges of merging the city and county systems as well as issues around busing and merging schools.
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=Johnson%2C%20Lyman
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://library.louisville.edu/uarc/digicollorder.html; please cite the Interview Number when ordering.
- Extent:
- application/pdf;
38 p.; 01:20:00 - Original Collection:
- African American Community Interviews Collection (William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center)
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Louisville. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
