An Interview With Ilus Davis

Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded May 15, 1976. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 3 sound discs; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.

1976-05-15

Holmes, Daniel A.
Riots and Disturbances
Davis, Ilus W.
Oral History
Race Discrimination
African Americans
Swope Park
Mayors

Former mayor Ilus Davis was born April 22, 1917 at Christian Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. In the interview Mr. Davis discusses African American involvement in Kansas City including discrimination, housing, geography of the community, human rights, 1968 race riot in Kansas City, and local leaders as D.A. Holmes, Lucille Bluford, and Bruce Watkins, etc.

Archival Material

Kansas City Public Library; Black Archives of Mid-America, Inc.

SC69-2, Tape 18, CD 18 ( 3 parts)

You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to listen to the interview.