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By the 1890s many white families began leaving the area for what would become Old Louisville and the east end, and both middle and working class blacks quickly moved into the area. By the 1940s Russell had become "Louisville's Harlem" as African American theaters, restaurants, and night clubs lined area streets. [ 1 ]
The Garden Gift Shop at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, 6220 Old LaGrange Road, Crestwood, KY 40014 The shop is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 12-4 p.m.
April 10, 1972 (401 W. River Rd. 5: Bosler Fireproof Garage: Bosler Fireproof Garage: August 18, 1983 (423 S. 3rd St. Later called the Morrissey Garage, the city of Louisville began demolition of the building April 11–12, 2015 [5]
However, entering the mid-1960s, Clarksdale's population slowly became predominantly black around the same time white flight began in the West End of Louisville. Until its demise, Clarksdale was one of many developments overseen by the Louisville Metro Housing Authority , which primarily served as housing for single-family units with low income.
The table below includes sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Jefferson County, Kentucky except those in the following neighborhoods/districts of Louisville: Anchorage, Downtown, The Highlands, Old Louisville, Portland and the West End (including Algonquin, California, Chickasaw, Park Hill, Parkland, Russell and Shawnee).
Like many older American cities, Louisville has well-defined neighborhoods, many with well over a century of history as a neighborhood. The oldest neighborhoods are the riverside areas of Downtown and Portland (initially a separate settlement), representing the early role of the river as the most important form of commerce and transportation.
Robert Fox (c. 1846–1933) was an African-American activist who sparked a civil rights battle in Louisville, Kentucky in October 1870 by entering a segregated streetcar. He was born in Kentucky to Albert and Margaret Fox [1] and worked as an undertaker and a grocer.
Louisville, Kentucky experienced three days of rioting in May 1968. As in many other cities around the country, there were unrest and riots partially in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., on April 4. On May 27, a group of 400 people, mostly blacks, gathered at 28th and Greenwood Streets, in the Parkland neighborhood.
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