Historic Iroquois Park Walking Tour 

Louisville's Iroquois Park was important to the city's struggle for civil rights. It was there, in 1924, that two Black teachers were arrested for angrily responding to police and white neighbors who accosted them for bringing Black children to the playground.

Come tour Iroquois Park with Denise Davis, an Olmsted Parks Conservancy tour guide, to learn details of the teachers’ arrest and delve more deeply into the complex history of another of our beautiful Olmsted parks. The tour begins and ends in the Iroquois Amphitheater parking lot. The route is a paved, mostly flat, path. 

WHEN: Saturday, June 21st at 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.

WHERE: Meet at Iroquois Park Amphitheater parking lot

LED BY: Denise Davis, Olmsted Park Tour Guide and Listen Learn Act member