Suzy Post recalls an interview and story with Courier Journal writer Dianne Aprile in which she says “injustice – it just pisses me off.”
Suzy Post was born in 1933 and is a Civil Rights Activist living in Louisville, Kentucky. She served as President of what is now the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and sat on the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.
This interview took place on April 29, 2013 as part of the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
Delahanty talks about some of the problems that exist still today that need to be worked on and dealt with.
Father Patrick Delahanty is a priest and human rights advocate from Louisville, Kentucky. D
Delahanty talks about his time working with immigrants, especially with refugees, that are coming into the United States and his work getting changes made to a bill regarding restricting what groups o
Shaw talks about her hopes for Kentucky in terms of finding common values, combating poverty, and increasing representation of marginalized voices. She talks about her hopes for the younger generation
Owens talks about her law partner, Alberta Jones, being murdered. It is still an unsolved case.
Darryl Owens is a Kentucky State Representative and a Civil Rights Lawyer.
This interview took place o
Wallace is torn when she is faced with coming out as gay and wonders how this will affect her reputation as an activist.
Carla Wallace is a Civil Rights Activist from Louisville, Kentucky.
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Wallace discusses how homophobia was being used to divide people and the beginnings of the Fairness Campaign in Louisville.
Carla Wallace is a Civil Rights Activist from Louisville, Kentucky.
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Wallace describes the group she helped start called Showing Up for Racial Justice. It is a network of white racial justice activists with the mandate to get more white people to step up for racial jus
McMurry talks about a phone call with Morris Dees.
William F. McMurry is a professional liability attorney practicing in Kentucky. He settled a class action for 243 survivors of priest sexual abuse.
Georgia Powers talks about passing the Open House Law and the sacrifices that came with it.
Georgia Davis Powers was born in Springfield, Kentucky in 1933. She is a politician and civil rights activi
Peeples talks about continuing the struggle for social justice in Kentucky today.
P.G. Peeples began his career at the Urban League of Lexington soon after graduating from the University of Kentucky,
