Ken Clay's WALNUT STREET REVUE celebrates Louisville's golden music era
About this episode
Ken Clay discusses the cultural significance of Walnut Street and the upcoming Walnut Street Revue, highlighting Louisville's rich African American history.
Louisville's African American community once reveled in the glory of WALNUT STREET, a thoroughfare lined with Black owned businesses, nightclubs, beautiful homes, and positive energy. Arts icon Ken Clay offers "The Walnut Street Revue" on June 13, a tribute to the legendary Top Hat Club. It'll be on stage at the Kentucky Center on June 13 at 7:30. With an impressive array of performers, "The Walnut Street Revue" will take you back to a golden nightclub era in spite of the segregation that offered uneven cultural opportunities. Mr. Clay and Terry Meiners discuss Louisville history through the prism of Black entrepreneurship and forward momentum, much of which was disbanded when Urban Renewal city planners scattered this successful hub.
People in this episode
Host: Terry Meiners
Guest: Ken Clay
Topics covered
- Louisville history
- Black entrepreneurship
- music
- cultural opportunities
- segregation
- Urban Renewal
Keywords
- Walnut Street
- Louisville
- Ken Clay
- The Walnut Street Revue
- Top Hat Club
- Black owned businesses
- Urban Renewal
- cultural history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kentucky Center, Top Hat Club
Places: Louisville, Walnut Street
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