“Alleyway: Early Residential Patterns of Louisville, KY” - Dr. Camara Douglas, Ph.D.

“Alleyway: Early Residential Patterns of Louisville, KY” - Dr. Camara Douglas, Ph.D.,
This program seeks to inform the audience of Louisville, KY’s early post-slavery housing patterns. Many assume that residential segregation has always been a thing of our society. However, segregation is more reflective of comfort for those with power. This program will also examine the early home-to-work patterns, Louisville’s Urban Renewal and current ramifications of spatial mismatch.

Dr. Camara Douglas graduated with his PhD from the University of Louisville in Pan-African Studies (2022). He received a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Louisville (UofL). His first master's degree was completed in the Sociology department at UofL (2007). With a second master's degree in Pan African Studies in 2007 from UofL, his research focus areas are the disproportionate education achievement levels for African Americans in K-12 public schools with a focus on teacher bias. Additional research includes an examination of the historic trends of redlining which caused generations of African American students to live in underdeveloped communities and attend underdeveloped schools. Dr. Douglas is currently an Assistant Professor in the Sociology department at Simmon College, an HBCU in Louisville, KY.

Dr. Camara Douglas has also had the pleasure of conducting JCPS professional development panel sessions. Each session discussed civil rights in the South with specific interest in the movement's association with Louisville, KY.

Before Dr. Camara Douglas' acceptance as a full professor at Simmons College of Kentucky, he was a Community Outreach Specialist at Russell: A Place of Promise with a focus on homeownership and community collective ownership as a part or Cities United which does national Community Violence integration.