Interview with Mary Tachau, Eric Tachau, November 11, 1989

Interview Summary

Eric Tachau was vice president of the Louisville Fire and Marine Company who in 1954 he insured a house in a white neighborhood, Shively, for an African American couple, Andrew and Charlotte Wade, that was soon after bombed. In this interview, Eric Tachau discusses his motivation for insuring the house and gives reasons for the bombing that are not related to the Brown v. Board of Education decision. He also speaks about how the community labeled Anne and Carl Braden as communists after the Wade incident. Mary K. Tachau was a history professor at University of Louisville and she discusses being on the Kentucky Civil Liberties Union board, school desegregation, and Anne Braden's views about school desegregation in Jefferson County.

Interview Keyword

Civil rights Tachau, Mary K. Bonsteel, 1926-1990--Interviews

Interview LC Subject

African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Civil rights movements--United States Civil rights workers Civil rights--Kentucky Discrimination in housing Louisville (Ky.) Racism School integration--United States Segregation Segregation in education--United States Tachau, Eric, 1924-2002--Interviews Tachau, Mary K. Bonsteel, 1926-1990 Wade, Andrew, IV

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