Interview of Homer Floyd

Interview of Homer Floyd

Discrimination in housing -- Kansas -- Lawrence -- History

Segregation -- Kansas -- Lawrence -- History

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Race relations -- History

Ordinance 3749 (Lawrence, Kan.)

Oral history interview with Homer Floyd, who was the director of the Kansas State Commission on Civil Rights at the time that Lawrence's fair housing ordinance was passed in July 1967. Mr. Floyd had also been student athlete at the University of Kansas in the 1950s, and discusses his experiences with segregation in Lawrence during that time period. This interview was conducted by Tom Arnold on November 22, 2016, as part of the Lawrence Fair Housing Ordinance 50th Anniversary Oral History Project.

Floyd, Homer

Lawrence Fair Housing Ordinance 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

City of Lawrence, Human Relations Division (Lawrence, Kan.)

11/22/2016

Arnold, Tom

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Lawrence (Kan.)

1950s - 1967

Arnold, Tom

Floyd, Homer

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