- Collection:
- African American Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Maurice Rabb
- Creator:
- Rabb, Maurice F.
Cox, Dwayne, 1950- - Publisher:
- Audiocassette tapes number 404 and 405, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1977-08-15
- Subject:
- African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Kentucky--Shelbyville
African American physicians--Kentucky--Louisville
African American physicians--Kentucky--Shelbyville
African Americans--Hospitals--Missouri--Kansas City
African Americans--Hospitals--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in medical care--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in medical care--Kentucky--Shelbyville
Discrimination in medical care--Missouri--Kansas City
African Americans--Medical care--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Medical care--Missouri--Kansas City
African Americans in medicine--Missouri--Kansas City
African Americans in medicine--Kentucky--Louisville
African American civil rights workers--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Social conditions
African Americans--Education
Segregation in education--Kentucky--Louisville
Hospitals--Kentucky--Louisville
Hospitals--Missouri--Kansas City
Medical education--Nashville--Tennessee
Race relations
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville
Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in housing--Kentucky--Louisville
Housing--Kentucky--Louisville
African American police--Kentucky--Louisville
Law enforcement--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in employment--Kentucky--Louisville
Occupations and race
Discrimination in law enforcement--Kentucky--Louisville
University of Louisville
Meharry Medical College
Fisk University
African American universities and colleges--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Education (Higher)
African American medical colleges--Tennessee--Nashville
Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)
General Hospital No. 2 (Kansas City, Mo.)
Louisville and Jefferson County Human Relations Commission
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
American Civil Liberties Union. Kentucky Branch
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville
University of Louisville--Sports
College integration--Kentucky--Louisville
Sit-ins--Kentucky--Louisville
Civil rights demonstrations--Kentucky--Louisville - People:
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Young, C. Milton (Coleman Milton), 1899-1984
Rabb, Maurice F., 1902-1982 - Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
United States, Kentucky, Shelby County, Shelbyville, 38.21201, -85.22357
United States, Mississippi, Lowndes County, 33.47291, -88.44331
United States, Mississippi, Lowndes County, Columbus, 33.49567, -88.42726
United States, Missouri, Jackson County, 39.0085, -94.34609
United States, Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City, 39.09973, -94.57857
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, 35.184, -89.8956 - Medium:
- sound recordings
transcripts
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Oral history interview with Louisville physician Maurice Rabb. Dr. Rabb discusses his early life and education in Mississippi. He speaks of his experiences as a student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, comparing race relations in his hometown to those in Nashville. He also discusses student activism at Fisk while he was a student. He describes his medical education at Meharry Medical College, and his internship at Kansas City General Hospital Number 2, the segregated public hospital for blacks in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Rabb practiced in Shelbyville, Kentucky from 1930 to 1946, and he discusses his practice there, including his relationships with the white physicians in town. Rabb left Shelbyville for Louisville, and he discusses the difficulties that led him to make that move. He talks about his move to Louisville and the support (in the form of office space) he received from Dr. C. Milton Young, Jr. He goes on to discuss his work at Red Cross Hospital, and how he came to be the first African American admitted for post-graduate training at Louisville General Hospital. He describes other areas of integration, including the University of Louisville and its athletic programs. He talks about his leadership role in Louisville's Human Relations Commission, particularly in the area of integrating the police force. He describes his own encounters with racism, the changes he's seen over time, and his role in the sit-ins in Louisville in 1960. He also talks about the integration of public housing. He notes that his proudest achievement is his involvement with the NAACP; he was also a founder of the Kentucky Civil Liberties Union.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=Rabb%2C%20Maurice
- 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; audio/mp3
02:03:13; 36 pages - 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:
-
