Racial Segregation and Desegregation

People standing and sitting on an open area with carnival type booths around the perimeter.

In 1896, The "Boyle County Colored Fair Association" held it's 25th county fair - making it the second oldest fair for Black people in the state - the oldest being Louisville's Fair. Image of the fair circa 1908.

Robert Trumbo - Being Young & Understanding Prejudice

Robert Trumbo - Prejudice in School

Robert Trumbo - High School and Integration

Albert Taylor - Children and Areas of Recreation

Debbie Prince - Segregated Businesses

Debbie Prince - School Desegregation

Carolyn Prince - Segregation and the Effect on Recreation

James Munford - Talking About Race With Children

James Munford - Growing Up With Segregation in Danville

James Munford - Experience as a Child With Racial Slurs

James Lewis - Describes Businesses and Segregation

Ella Johnson - Restaurants and Segregation

Melvin Harris - Desegregation's Affect on the Barber Shop Where He Worked

Melvin Harris - Desegregation's Affect on Restaurants

Ella Johnson - Danville Sit-Ins

Daughter's Disappointment of Changing Schools

Martha Grey - Growing Up in a White Neighborhood

Charles Grey - Segregation in Danville

Charles Grey - Business Access

Rosetta Ford - Change Needs to Happen (part 1)

Rosetta Ford - Change Needs to Happen (part 2)

Rosetta Ford - Segregation in Danville

Maggie Berry - Growing Up in Segregated Danville

Maggie Berry - Bun Boy Restaurant

Maggie Berry - Segregation and Getting to School

Glenn Ball - Segregated Neighborhoods

Glenn Ball - Segregated Theaters

Glenn Ball - Civil Rights Activism