{"id":6957,"date":"2025-11-27T18:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T23:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/?p=6957"},"modified":"2025-11-27T19:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T00:26:10","slug":"willie-fleming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/willie-fleming\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Fleming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gallery-photo lightbox\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0069B.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-zrE94dqT\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0069B-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0069B-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0069B-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0069B-600x442.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Willie Fleming <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of seven children and the first in his family to attend college, Willie Fleming attended Shelbyville Junior High School and Lincoln Institute where he was a class of 1947 valedictorian. He attended Fisk University in Tennessee where he graduated with honors, earning a degree in business administration and a minor in history. In 1951 Fleming, along with Alfred Calloway, were the first African-Americans to attend the University Of Louisville School Of Law. He graduated in 1954 with a law degree and in 1955 he passed the Kentucky Bar Exam. Fleming was among several local African-American leaders who helped fully integrate the city swimming pool in the early 1960s. He was also the first local African-American to develop a subdivision, Monica Gardens, named after his oldest daughter, Monica.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>N\/A<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/african-american\/\" rel=\"tag\">African American<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/people\/\" rel=\"tag\">People<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Given to Jim Cleveland from Willie Fleming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portrait of the Past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Cleveland Photo Collection ID 0069B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie Fleming with unidentified individual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":3445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[106,93],"post_folder":[77],"class_list":["post-6957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","tag-african-american","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6958,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957\/revisions\/6958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6957"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=6957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}