6 Wallace: The Roots of Activism in My Family

Wallace talks of her Dutch family who resisted the Nazis, how Anne Braden came to dinner, and begin her journey of activism. She quotes her mother who, when told “you must meet in the middle” says “oh no, no, no, you must choose sides….”

Carla Wallace is a Civil Rights Activist from Louisville, Kentucky.

This interview took place on Oct 13, 2014 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.

To view the entire interview visit:

https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7ftt4fqx0v

Interviewer: Betty Baye
Videographer: Joanna Hay

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