Kentucky Women in the Civil Rights Era

The fact that we are women makes the history of women’s’ rights that much stronger and poignant for us. Thanks for sharing your perspective!

I love that you mentioned the part in Colmon Eldridge’s speech about the varying shades of skin color in the audience. It shows that the mixing of different races makes it more difficult to distinguish or identify […]

Finding an oral history is the best primary source if there is no way to get in contact with Suzy Post. You can definitely hear the emotion and see her reactions if you watch a video or listen to an audio, […]

It would be fantastic if you got a chance to talk to Catherine Fosl! It is often difficult to get in contact with these heavily guarded women, but being able to hear her opinions will provide you with a primary […]

I love how you started out talking about the most famous faces of the civil rights movement, then went on to mention some of the lesser-known women who played an important role during the era. Many of these […]

I really loved the quote you included by Braden. It really shows the compassion she had for other people, regardless of race. She was a prominent advocate for human rights and was very vocal during the civil […]

I think it’s very important to realize that African-Americans didn’t fight alone to achieve equality. Many whites, like Suzy Post worked alongside them in their struggle for justice. The fact that Post was also a […]

I like that you included this poem. It echoes the feeling African-Americans felt when they were discriminated against. Could whites ever feel their pain? This question is answered with your discussion of Anne […]

The most admirable trait about Mae Street Kidd was that she never let her identity as a black woman stop her from working hard to become successful. Though she could easily pass for being white, she identified […]

I found it interesting that she identified more with her black side than her white side, though she could easily be mistaken for being white. It may have been because her dad–who was white–never acknowledged her […]

I like how you included the treatment whites and blacks received once schools were integrated. We often forget that there were whites who were tolerant of African-Americans and were also treated with hostility. I […]

I like how you mentioned in the last paragraph how similar the experiences were for adults and children. Children often adopt the same values and beliefs as their parents, so it is no surprise that children were […]