Kentucky Women in the Civil Rights Era

American South in the Twentieth Century HIS407, Spring 2011 Dr. Robert S. Weise, Associate Professor

Undergraduate Student Research Projects

Researcher	Comments	Essay
Kyle Beeler	Women of SNCC	Angela Davis: Lady Panther
Jason Blanton	James Meredith	The Women Were Silent
Randy Burns	Desegregation	Blood Bank Segregation
Mikeal Byerly	Desegregation	Highlander: A Road To Hope
Brett Coffey	The Hard Road	Anne Braden
Kendall Coffey	The Hard Road; Elizabeth Eckford	Astounding Life of Ruby Bridges
Zachary Collins	Common Goal of Civil Rights	Elizabeth Eckford
Timothy Cornett	Governor Who Got It	Carl D. Perkins
Michael Davidson	Governor Who Got It	Martha Layne Collins
Levi Duncan	James Meredith	Courageous Life of Ernest Green
Charles Gill	Continuing the Work	New Book on Kentucky History
Evan Granger	Robert Williams	Perspectives of Teachers on Integration in Kentucky
Logan Hargis	Governor Who Got It	Health Care and Civil Rights Movement
Clayton Z. Harris	Astounding Life of Ruby Bridges	Fight for Women’s Rights
Cynthia Hayes	F. W. Woolworth Building	Kentucky School Integration
Ashley Johnston	Desegregation	Race Riot: Louisville KY 1968
Heather Jones	KY Women Remember Peace Corps	Grace Marilynn James
Matthew Lloyd	Happy Chandler	Violence in Selma
William Melton	Angela Davis	James Meredith and the Battle of Ole’ Miss
Wesley Neal	Desegregation	Robert Williams
Ashley Noble	Libraries in the South	Kentucky Civil Rights Leaders
Cloyd Pearson	Desegregation; Founding the NAACP; Happy Chandler;Astounding Life of Ruby Bridges	Personal Response to Benefits of Desegregation; The Hard Road: A Woman of Integrity
Guy Reed	Integration of UK	KY Governors for Desegregation
Eric Rice	Effects of Integration on Dewees Street	16th Street Church Bombing
Kari Shelton	Women in Louisville Police Dept	Nurses in Eastern Kentucky
Daniel Stacy	Founding the NAACP	Happy Chandler
Mark Trent	Happy Chandler	Women of SNCC
William Tussey	Comments	Essay
Justin Wilkinson	Desegregation	Muhammed Ali
Charlestine Williams	Comments	Lucy Harth Smith; Ruby Bridges
Christine Worthington	Busing and School Desegregation in Louisville	Essay
Andrew Yeast	Fight for Equality in Housing	Omer Carmichael