Talk:Central High School (Louisville, Kentucky)

Actual desegregation.
I was the first white graduate of Central. I attended as the only white student from winter 1961 until June 1962. I heard that a white boy or boys attended before me, but did not graduate. I was mentioned (not by name) in an article published in the The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. 12/14/1961, Report on Integration by Allan M. Trout. The end of the article is "*Mrs. Walls also made the point that perhaps more progress has been made in the statistics than in practice. She cited two points:*

1. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL(my caps) in Louisville has one white pupil and 1,478 Negro pupils, yet the latter are counted in the state-wide total of 22,021 attending mixed classes. 2. Negro teachers at Central High number 62 and they, too, are included in the State total of 382 teaching in integrated schools."

Also see https://library.louisville.edu/ld.php?content_id=63601695 https://bahai-library.com/newspapers/2001/010201.html and this article in the Courier-Journal archives which has pictures. Brigid (Birdie McHugh) (Wendover) Chillers KyBird (talk) 19:14, 29 December 2023 (UTC)