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To: rich4eagle who wrote (220194)	1/19/2002 9:29:39 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Respond to of 769670

No. Louisville was very segregated then ... ...and remains quite the provincial place, IMO. The 'problem' there is black/white 'distinction.' As well as -ggg- the 'rednecks'. They be white, okay? You got yer blacks in the West End; your white 'rednecks' in the South and Southwestern 'ends,' as the various areas there are colloquially termed; and 'all' of the 'rich people' live in the East End. Okay? LOL. In the 60s, race riots took place because of busing to better integrate the highly segmented school districts. Those riots -- complete with burnings of school buses and molotav cocktails being hurled in lotsa RAGE -- took place in the South and Southwestern ends of the city. Tell ya anything? I was in elementary school at the time, so was unable to meet anyone, much less Cassius Clay, then. My parents had bought lots in far eastern Louisville and built -- by hand -- as unbelievable as that sounds, the first small block house on the street, which was no more than a one-lane gravel road. My father and (maternal) grandfather both knew a fair amount about construction, and built -- over five years while working full-time in 'real jobs,' this little house. Into which I was born - LOL - taken home from the hospital, mind you. 'Hillbillies' --as the Buckeyes liked to imagine -g- (actually, my father was a Michigander) -- yes, but not that 'backwoods', even then. -g- Today, that area is about halfway from the current suburban east end perimeter. I've got a good story about Muhammed Ali from 1975 in Europe, though. I'm seeing now that he is the most famous -- and loved, apparently -- American Muslim in the world. My experience traveling overseas mentioning that I am originally from Louisville, KY -- although anecdotal -- is that this man carried and still does incredible visibility and admiration. I might meet him yet ... doing some very interesting work with a group of merchants here in Austin ... More on that later. bia