1975

April 1 – The Louisville Public Schools and the Jefferson County Public Schools merged into the present Jefferson County Public School (JCPS) District.

1963

April 16 – MLK’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail https://swap.stanford.edu/20141218230016/http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/kingweb/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

1954

https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/298 “When the Wades moved into the home in May 1954, a neighborhood furor erupted. The home was shot at and a cross was burned in the yard. This incident coincided with the Supreme Court’s decision in the “Brown v. the Board of Education” case. This landmark decision, handed down just two days after the…