This is an article from the New York times describing the riots that occurred in Lousiville due to the desegregation of its local schools. These riots happened in 1975, more than 20 years after the famous Brown vs. Board of Education court case which ended segregation in schools.
This news announcement has a nice picture that is recent - let's find out iif photos provided by "LRC Public Information" (Legislative Research Council) are in the public domain and we can use it to fix the Wikipedia entry on her.
This is the interview of Mrs. Powers and is extremely beneficial to our study of her. I think she was one of the most influential women of all time. She was able to influence and change so many lives in Kentucky and through out the south.
Governor's School for the Arts article is insightful to her community action profile, a continuance of her roots as a school teacher in the civil rights era.
This website gives information on the history and on the mission of the church today. It is intresting to see the changes that tookplace and the involvement they had with the community during the civil rights era.
Sorry forgot the bookmark http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-huac.htm
This government run committee was designed to investigate potential threats to the United States from the inside. Including the relevant Cold War and communist that could be in the United States. They spent most of their time investigating left wing democrates, including Carl Braden, Anne Bradens husband and the Black Civil Rights Movement. The committee no longer exist and the website discuss the past of the group.
Unlike many other histories, this narrative puts a woman leader - Georgia Davis Powers - at the top of the list of those who organized the March on Frankfort