RACE RIOTS IN KENTUCKY
During the 1960's in Kentucky two race riots specifically in 1968 brought attention to the state. The riots of Berea and Louisville are two riots that stood out to me.
Riots of Louisville, KY in 1968
On May 28th a rally took place at 28th and Greenwood for the arrest of Charles Thomas and Manfield G. Reid.
http://nkaa.uky.edu/record.php?note_id=1217
(photo: Housing rally held in Louisville during Civil Rights Era in 1967.
photo credit: Michael Coers
Riots of Louisville, KY in 1968
On May 28th a rally took place at 28th and Greenwood for the arrest of Charles Thomas and Manfield G. Reid.
http://nkaa.uky.edu/record.php?note_id=1217
(photo: Housing rally held in Louisville during Civil Rights Era in 1967.
photo credit: Michael Coers
The video is a college project that aired in 1979, 11 years after Louisville's most known race riot. It also depicts how one of Louisville's most well known shopping areas was affected. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUWPaIvcalQ)