- Collection:
- African American Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Goldie Beckett
- Creator:
- Beckett, Goldie, 1914-1999
Chumbley, Kenneth Lawrence - Publisher:
- Audiocassette tapes number 635 and 636, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1978-09-12
- Subject:
- Undertakers and undertaking--Kentucky--Louisville
Businesspeople--Kentucky--Louisville
African American businesspeople--Kentucky--Louisville
Politicians--Kentucky--Louisville
African American politicians--Kentucky--Louisville
City council members--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in public accommodations--Kentucky--Louisville
Segregation--Law and legislation
Discrimination in employment--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Employment
Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville
Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race discrimination--Kentucky--Louisville
Race relations
Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons
Louisville (Ky.)--Politics and government
African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville
Civil rights movements--United States
African Americans--Religion - People:
- Beckett, William W.
Cowger, William O. (William Owen), 1922-1971
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Beckett, Goldie, 1914-1999 - Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
- Medium:
- sound recordings
transcripts
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband's experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Mrs. Beckett briefly describes her early life and education, including her graduation from Kentucky State College. Mrs. Beckett had a career in education, but also worked with her husband, and for her brother, in the undertaking business in Louisville. She speaks of the Walnut Street area before Urban Renewal. Mrs. Beckett's husband, William Washington Beckett, was elected alderman in 1951 and served until 1961. In this time, he played a role in the integration of the fire and police departments, the parks, and public accommodations, and in developing a Human Relations Commission. Mrs. Beckett discusses her husband's contributions and the civil rights movement in general (both in Louisville and more generally) and gives her opinion on the roles of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the African American church.
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=Beckett%2C%20Goldie
- 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
32 pages; 74:40:00 - 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:
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