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| Creator: | Beard, D. W. (DesMoines W.), 1914-2004 |
| Title: | Oral history interview with D. W. Beard |
| Date: | 1979 Nov. 29 |
| Description: | D.W. Beard was interviewed on November 29, 1979 about the Red Cross Hospital. He was a member of the board of the Red Cross Hospital, which was known previously as Community Hospital. He discusses public perception of the hospital and the reasons for its demise. He discusses the challenges of integration. He describes the role of Waverley Johnson and the issues within the board, as well. Created as Microsoft Word document (version unknown); converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard. File size: 52,668 bytes. 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- | Beard, D. W. (DesMoines W.), 1914-2004 | 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.)--Public opinion | Public opinion--Kentucky--Louisville | Hospital trustees--Kentucky--Louisville | Hospital administrators--Kentucky--Louisville | African American men--Kentucky--Louisville | African American civic leaders--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 | 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 | 2005-09 |
| Original Material: | Audiocassette tape number 794, 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,8 |
