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| Creator: | Johnson, Waverley, 1917- |
| Title: | Oral history interview with Waverley Johnson |
| Date: | 1979 Aug. 30 |
| Description: | Oral history interview with hospital administrator Waverley Johnson conducted on August 30, 1979, by Olivia Frederick. Mr. Johnson discusses the Red Cross (Community) Hospital and his role as administrator at this black-run institution. He discusses the difficulty of finding African American doctors to work in Louisville, and the reasons for the demise of Red Cross Hospital. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Transcripts | Sound recordings | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Johnson, Waverley, 1917- | Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville | Race discrimination--Kentucky--Louisville | Race relations | Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century | African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville | Hospitals--Kentucky--Louisville | Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.) | Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)--Administration | Hospital administrators--Kentucky--Louisville | African American men--Kentucky--Louisville | Discrimination in medical care--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Medical care--Kentucky--Louisville | Hospital closures--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans in medicine--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Hospitals--Kentucky--Louisville | African American physicians--Recruiting--Kentucky--Louisville | Louisville (Ky.) | Jefferson County (Ky.) |
| Collection: | African American Oral History Collection |
| Institution: | University of Louisville University Archives and Records Center |
| Contributors: | Frederick, Olivia M. | William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center | African American Community Interviews Collection (William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center) |
| Online Publisher: | Louisville, Ky. : University of Louisville Archives and Records Center |
| Original Material: | Audiocassette tape number 791, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. |
| Rights and Usage: | To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://library.louisville.edu/uarc/digicollorder.html; please cite the Interview Number when ordering. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: African American Community Interviews, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/afamoh,12 |
