2 Tandy: Willie Bright and the HOPE VI Project

David Tandy is a Louisville Civic Leader.

Tandy discusses how he met the councilman that preceded him in his position at the Louisville Metro Council, Willie Bright, and how Bright played a role in helping push along the HOPE IV Project by selling his business to allow for enough property to be available to build the housing.

This interview took place on March 27, 2018  as part of the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and University of Kentucky Libraries.

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