Above: Lyman T. Johnson silently walked past taunting busing opponents as he prepared to attend a 1975 forum on education and integration in Louisville.
Lyman T Johnson was a civil activists who fought for many inequalities denied to African American such as equal pay for African American teachers, but also the desegregation of the University of Kentucky. Lyman took the stand against the Board of trustees suing the University for Admission into graduate school. Lyman T. Johnson made one of the biggest corrections in the University of Kentucky, paving the way for admission on all levels for black students. Because of him we can.