Oct 22 Local News Historical Marker Commemorating Fight Against Racial Segregation Dedicated The two-year effort to end racial segregation in Louisville businesses has been commemorated with a historical plaque downtown. The marker stands at 4th and Chestnut streets. The thoroughfare was a crowded business district in 1961, when local students began nonviolent protests against Jim Crow laws. The NAACP and the Congress of Racial Equality joined the […] By Gabe Bullard Oct 22 Local News Historical Marker Commemorating Fight Against Racial Segregation Dedicated Gabe Bullard
Sep 28 Local News U.S. Justice Department Visits Fort Knox Supporting Military Rights The top U.S. civil rights attorney is requesting amendments to legislation protecting military service members’ rights. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez spoke to soldiers at Fort Knox on Wednesday. Perez reviewed what legal rights soldiers have while on active duty and introduced new amendments being considered. The amendments protect military personnel from various predatory […] By Devin Katayama Sep 28 Local News U.S. Justice Department Visits Fort Knox Supporting Military Rights Devin Katayama
Feb 25 Local News Mississippi’s Tortured Civil Rights History Mississippi occupies a distinct and dramatic place in the history of America's civil rights movement. No state in the South was more resistant to the struggle for black equality. No place was more violent. WFPL will air "State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement" tonight at 8pm. You can listen to the documentary now. By Todd Mundt Feb 25 Local News Mississippi’s Tortured Civil Rights History Todd Mundt
Feb 18 Local News Getting Equal Access to Transportation Tonight at 8pm, WFPL presents “Back of the Bus: Race, Mass Transit and Inequality," a new documentary about the fight for equal rights on America's roads and transit lines. This program visits communities across America to find out why people of color still struggle for equal treatment in public transportation. By Todd Mundt Feb 18 Local News Getting Equal Access to Transportation Todd Mundt
Jan 14 Local News Civil Rights Leader Dr. Otis Moss To Speak In Louisville Dr. Otis Moss, Junior was a co-pastor with Dr. Martin Luther King, Senior, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and was a church pastor in Cleveland for 33 years before his retirement in 2008. By Rick Howlett Jan 14 Local News Civil Rights Leader Dr. Otis Moss To Speak In Louisville Rick Howlett
Sep 28 Arts and Culture New Documentary Details Griffin's Experiment John Howard Griffin's life is detailed in a new documentary by Louisvillian Morgan Atkinson, which will have a showing at the 2010 Civil & Human Rights Conference in October. By Daniel Gilliam Sep 28 Arts and Culture New Documentary Details Griffin's Experiment Daniel Gilliam
Jun 16 Local News Shawnee Expressway Renamed For Senator Powers by Gabe Bullard The Shawnee Expressway in West Louisville has officially been renamed the Georgia Davis Powers Expressway. Powers was the first woman and the first African American to serve in the Kentucky state Senate. During her more than two decades in office, Powers championed civil rights causes. She says she hopes the renaming will […] By Gabe Bullard Jun 16 Local News Shawnee Expressway Renamed For Senator Powers Gabe Bullard
Apr 12 Shuffle Thurgood Marshall: Before the Court Saturday, April 17, 2010 9pm Producer: American RadioWorks Listen Again Thurgood Marshall is best known as the first African American appointed to United States Supreme Court and as the lead attorney in the landmark school desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education. Just as remarkable, Marshall was an instrumental figure in striking down the legal […] By Todd Mundt Apr 12 Shuffle Thurgood Marshall: Before the Court Todd Mundt
Mar 1 Shuffle An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era Saturday, March 6, 2010 8pm Producer: American RadioWorks Listen Again In the 1970s and ’80s, a generation of Americans took part in a vast social experiment. They got on buses, and rode across racial lines. Nearly everyone who experienced school desegregation has a story to tell about crossing racial lines. Together they reflect an era marked […] By Todd Mundt Mar 1 Shuffle An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era Todd Mundt
Feb 8 Shuffle Race and the Space Race Saturday, February 13, 2010 9pm Producer: Richard Paul and Soundprint Listen Again The Space Age began when America was going through a wrenching battle over Civil Rights. And because the heart of the old Confederacy was chosen as its base, NASA played an unintended role in Civil Rights history. In this program, we hear how […] By Todd Mundt Feb 8 Shuffle Race and the Space Race Todd Mundt
Nov 10 State of Affairs From Civil Rights to Economic Justice Mike Honey & economic justice on State of Affairs. Listen to the Show By Laura Ellis Nov 10 State of Affairs From Civil Rights to Economic Justice Laura Ellis
Sep 14 State of Affairs Civil Rights & Persons Diagnosed with a Mental Illness When you think about accessibility for people with disabilities, you might think about wheelchair ramps or parking accommodations. But people diagnosed with mental illness are also covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. So why are they often left out of the conversation, even though they often experience discrimination in employment, housing, and many other areas? Listen to the Show By Robin Fisher Sep 14 State of Affairs Civil Rights & Persons Diagnosed with a Mental Illness Robin Fisher
Jun 18 State of Affairs Civil Rights History in Louisville During the Civil Rights Movement, the deep South seemed to be the hub of the race riots and civil disobedience demonstrations which reconstructed American society, but how was Louisville affected by the protests which rocked the rest of the nation? After integration and the fair housing crisis, can Louisville say that the dream of Dr. King and the civil rights activists was realized? Listen to the Show By Laura Ellis Jun 18 State of Affairs Civil Rights History in Louisville Laura Ellis