Feb 18 Tip: Make reservation today for Thursday's "Looking Back on 2 Centuries of Black Louisville

Make reservation today for Thursday's "Looking Back on 2 Centuries of Black Louisville

(The February 18 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Looking Back at Two Centuries of Black Louisville

Kenneth Clay and Mervin Aubespin

Ken Clay and Merv Aubespin are co-authors, with the late J. Blaine Hudson, of Two Centuries of Black Louisville: A Photographic History, published in 2011.  Ken will talk about the vibrant history of Louisville’s Walnut Street corridor (now Muhammad Ali Blvd).  As home to Black Louisville’s business, legal, professional and social institutions, Walnut Street was the heart, soul and pulse of the African-American community during segregation.  Merv will focus on the civil rights struggle in Louisville, and his role during this period of unrest as the first African-American journalist with The Courier-Journal.

At the Rudyard Kipling in Old Louisville.  Buffet lunch at 11:30.  Presentation at noon.  $7.  Call/email Cathy Ford at 458-1223 of fordhoff@bellsouth.net for a reservation by Tuesday, February 18th.