Acknowledgments (in alphabetical order)
Many thanks and deep appreciation to:
Morgan Atkinson, documentarian, for recording The Filson Historical Society’s presentation of Jack Ward’s selected works (November 10, 2016).
Nick Eaton, the “Monk of Funk,” for expressing the musical talent he inherited from his father, Jack.
The Filson Historical Society for preserving Jack’s architectural legacy.
James J. Holmberg, The Filson Historical Society Curator, for his patience and diligence while working with the Ward family.
Lucretia Tye Jasmine, who had the idea to create a website to honor the activism of her grandmother and the architecture of her grandfather.
Wayne Earl Pemberton Jr., for accompanying Teka and Tye in 2014 to many of the architecture locations; for the use of his camera; and for compiling the images on a disc he gave to Tye and Teka.
John “Herb” Shulhafer, architect, for working with Steve Wiser on the Filson program (and in 1996 helping coordinate Jack’s surprise 75th birthday party).
Juju Sorelli, the punk rock Ava Gardner, for her care in creating with Lucretia Tye Jasmine, Lacey T. Smith Jr., and Teka Ward, such a beautiful website about the architect and the activist.
Lacey T. Smith Jr., for photographing so many of his grandfather's buildings in 2021; for driving Teka and Tye to several of the sites in 2016; and for doing all that when his sister, Tye, needed it!
John Stone, The Sound Factory, for his prescience in his generous storage of Jack’s materials on his property.
Abby Ward, for arranging the scanning of some family photos, and sending the disc to the Ward family, in 2013. Four of the photos are on this website.
Jimmy Ward, whose music and construction were influenced by his father, Jack.
Mike Ward - whose political career was influenced by his mother, Lukey - and architect, Steve Wiser, for their initial conversation to include Mike's father in the Filson’s architectural collection.
Teka Ward, for making sure her father's archives are at The Filson Historical Society; for nominating her mother to the 2001 Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame; for editing this website’s essay about Jack; and for writing this website’s article about Lukey.
The Ward family misses Alexander Allen Ward (1958-1992)