Protesting for Equal Rights
This file appears in: Campaign to End Racial Segregation in Louisville
Students participated in a "nothing new for Easter" campaign in the spring of 1961 to protest racial discrimination. Courtesy of Kentucky Educational Television.
This file appears in: Campaign to End Racial Segregation in Louisville
Campaign to End Racial Segregation in Louisville
Historical Marker # 2355 in Louisville notes the important role that non-violent demonstrations played in bringing an end to legal racial segregation in that city.
In 1896, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case of "Plessy…