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Aug 26, 2020 · The Black Six were indicted for conspiring to start a riot and blow up West Louisville chemical plants — a conspiracy hatched in the fevered imagination of Louisville’s white establishment, driven especially by Schmied and Schroering.
May 16, 2022 · Hawkins and Manfred were members of the Black Six, accused of plotting to bomb West Louisville oil refineries and storage facilities. By Jay Thomas, The Courier-Journal. Oct. 24, 1968
- Louisville Courier Journal
Dec 31, 2022 · Published: Dec. 30, 2022 at 4:43 PM PST. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - On Friday, Mayor Greg Fischer carried out one of his last public acts as mayor. A historical marker outside of Metro Hall shares the story of the Black Six and apologizes for the city’s mistreatment of them and their families.
Dec 30, 2022 · 2:53. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than 50 years after their arrests led to a week of protests and riots in the city's Parkland Neighborhood, the Louisville Black Six are being...
- Stephan Johnson
May 16, 2022 · The Black 6: How a trial over the 1968 uprising in the West End stained Louisville history. Bailey Loosemore. Louisville Courier Journal. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ruth Bryant was in San...
Dec 30, 2022 · Historical marker dedicated to the Louisville Black Six unveiled at Metro Hall. The "Black Six" was a group of business people and activists falsely accused of plotting to destroy...
Dec 30, 2022 · The Black Six are co-defendants who were wrongly accused of conspiring to blow up buildings during a racial justice uprising in Louisville in 1968.
