A History Of Blacks In Kentucky

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0916968219

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A History of Blacks in Kentucky: In pursuit of equality, 1890-1980 by Anonim Pdf

" Published by the Kentucky Historical Society & Distributed by the University Press of Kentucky This is the second part of a two-volume study which covers the entire spectrum of the black experience in Kentucky from earliest exploration and settlement to 1980. (Click here for information on the first volume, From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891.) Mandated and partially funded by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1978, this pathbreaking work is the most comprehensive consideration of the subject ever undertaken. It fills a long-recognized void in Kentucky history. George C. Wright describes the struggle of blacks in the twentieth century to achieve the promise of political, social, and economic equality. From the rising tide of racism and violence at the turn of the century to the civil rights movement and school integration in later decades, Wright describes the accomplishments, frustrations, and defeats suffered by the race, concluding that even in 1980 only a few blacks had actually achieved the long-sought toal of equality.

Author : Marion Brunson Lucas
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0916968324

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A History of Blacks in Kentucky by Marion Brunson Lucas Pdf

"A History of Blacks in Kentucky traces the role of blacks from the early exploration and settlement of Kentucky to 1891, when African Americans gained freedom only to be faced with a segregated society. Making extensive use of numerous primary sources such as slave diaries, Freedmen's Bureau records, church minutes, and collections of personalpapers, the book tells the stories of individuals, their triumphs and tragedies, and their accomplishments in the face of adversity.

Author : Marion Brunson Lucas,George C. Wright
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015063195377

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A History of Blacks in Kentucky: In pursuit of equality, 1890-1980 by Marion Brunson Lucas,George C. Wright Pdf

"A History of Blacks in Kentucky traces the role of blacks from the early exploration and settlement of Kentucky to 1891, when African Americans gained freedom only to be faced with a segregated society. Making extensive use of numerous primary sources such as slave diaries, Freedmen's Bureau records, church minutes, and collections of personalpapers, the book tells the stories of individuals, their triumphs and tragedies, and their accomplishments in the face of adversity."--Amazon.

Author : Gerald L. Smith,Karen Cotton McDaniel,John A. Hardin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 1467 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780813160672

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The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia by Gerald L. Smith,Karen Cotton McDaniel,John A. Hardin Pdf

The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state's general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth. The encyclopedia includes biographical sketches of politicians and community leaders as well as pioneers in art, science, and industry. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in an array of notable figures, such as writers William Wells Brown and bell hooks, reformers Bessie Lucas Allen and Shelby Lanier Jr., sports icons Muhammad Ali and Isaac Murphy, civil rights leaders Whitney Young Jr. and Georgia Powers, and entertainers Ernest Hogan, Helen Humes, and the Nappy Roots. Featuring entries on the individuals, events, places, organizations, movements, and institutions that have shaped the state's history since its origins, the volume also includes topical essays on the civil rights movement, Eastern Kentucky coalfields, business, education, and women. For researchers, students, and all who cherish local history, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference that highlights the diversity of the state's culture and history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Afro-Americans
ISBN : LCCN:lc92024574

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A History of Blacks in Kentucky by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marion Brunson Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0916968219

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A History of Blacks in Kentucky by Marion Brunson Lucas Pdf

Author : Marion Brunson Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Afro-Americans
ISBN : 0916968200

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A History of Blacks in Kentucky: From slavery to segregation, 1760-1891 by Marion Brunson Lucas Pdf

Author : Gerald L. Smith,Karen Cotton McDaniel,John A. Hardin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813160665

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The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia by Gerald L. Smith,Karen Cotton McDaniel,John A. Hardin Pdf

The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state's general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth. The encyclopedia includes biographical sketches of politicians and community leaders as well as pioneers in art, science, and industry. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in an array of notable figures, such as writers William Wells Brown and bell hooks, reformers Bessie Lucas Allen and Shelby Lanier Jr., sports icons Muhammad Ali and Isaac Murphy, civil rights leaders Whitney Young Jr. and Georgia Powers, and entertainers Ernest Hogan, Helen Humes, and the Nappy Roots. Featuring entries on the individuals, events, places, organizations, movements, and institutions that have shaped the state's history since its origins, the volume also includes topical essays on the civil rights movement, Eastern Kentucky coalfields, business, education, and women. For researchers, students, and all who cherish local history, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference that highlights the diversity of the state's culture and history.

Author : George C. Wright
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807130567

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Life Behind a Veil by George C. Wright Pdf

In the period between the Civil War and the Great Depression, Louisville, Kentucky was host to what George C. Wright calls "a polite form of racism." There were no lynchings or race riots, and to a great extent, Louisville blacks escaped the harsh violence that was a fact of life for blacks in the Deep South. Furthermore, black Louisvillians consistently enjoyed and exercised an oft-contested but never effectively retracted enfranchisement. However, their votes usually did not amount to any real political leverage, and there were no radical improvements in civil rights during this period. Instead, there existed a delicate balance between relative privilege and enforced passivity.A substantial paternalism carried over from antebellum days in Louisville, and many leading white citizens lent support to a limited uplifting of blacks in society. They helped blacks establish their own schools, hospitals, and other institutions. But the dual purpose that such actions served, providing assistance while making the maintenance of strict segregation easier, was not incidental. Whites salved their consequences without really threatening an established order. And blacks, obliged to be grateful for the assistance, generally refrained from arguing for real social and political equality for fear of jeopardizing a partially improved situation and regressing to a status similar to that of other southern blacks.In Life Behind a Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865 - 1930, George Wright looks at the particulars of this form of racism. He also looks at the ways in which blacks made the most of their less than ideal position, focusing on the institutions that were central to their lives. Blacks in Louisville boasted the first library for blacks in the United States, as well as black-owned banks, hospitals, churches, settlement houses, and social clubs. These supported and reinforced a sense of community, self-esteem, and pride that was often undermined by the white world.Life Behind a Veil is a comprehensive account of race relations, black response to white discrimination, and the black community behind the walls of segregation in this border town. The title echoes Blyden Jackson's recollection of his childhood in Louisville, where blacks were always aware that there were two very distinct Louisvilles, one of which they were excluded from.

Author : John A. Hardin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 0813132711

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Fifty Years of Segregation by John A. Hardin Pdf

This book examines the history of 20th century racial segregation in Kentucky higher education, the last state in the South to enact legislation banning interracial education in private schools and the first to remove it. In five chapters and an epilogue, the book traces the growth of racism, the period of acceptance of racism, the black community's efforts for reform, the stresses of "separate and unequal," and the unrelenting pressure to desegregate Kentucky schools. Different tactics, ranging from community and religious organization support to legislative and legal measures, that were used for specific campaigns are described in detail. The final chapters of the book describe the struggles of college presidents faced with student turmoil, persistent societal resistance from whites (both locally and legislatively), and changing expectations, after the 1954 Supreme Court decision in "Brown V. Board of Education" broadened desegregation to all public schools and the responsibility for desegregation shifted from politically driven state legislators or governors to college governing boards. Appendices contain tabular data on demographics, state appropriations, and admissions to public and private colleges and universities in Kentucky. (Contains approximately 550 notes and bibliographic references.) (Bf).

Author : William H. Turner,Edward J. Cabbell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813181523

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Blacks in Appalachia by William H. Turner,Edward J. Cabbell Pdf

Although southern Appalachia is popularly seen as a purely white enclave, blacks have lived in the region from early times. Some hollows and coal camps are in fact almost exclusively black settlements. The selected readings in this new book offer the first comprehensive presentation of the black experience in Appalachia. Organized topically, the selections deal with the early history of blacks in the region, with studies of the black communities, with relations between blacks and whites, with blacks in coal mining, and with political issues. Also included are a section on oral accounts of black experiences and an analysis of black Appalachian demography. The contributors range from Carter Woodson and W. E. B. Du Bois to more recent scholars such as Theda Perdue and David A. Corbin. An introduction by the editors provides an overall context for the selections. Blacks in Appalachia focuses needed attention on a neglected area of Appalachian studies. It will be a valuable resource for students of Appalachia and of black history.

Author : Kentucky Commission on Human Rights,Mary S. Donovan,D. Patricia Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015029151803

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Kentucky's Black Heritage by Kentucky Commission on Human Rights,Mary S. Donovan,D. Patricia Wagner Pdf

Author : Mervin Aubespin,Kenneth Clay,J. Blaine Hudson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 1935497367

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Two Centuries of Black Louisville by Mervin Aubespin,Kenneth Clay,J. Blaine Hudson Pdf

Since the settlement of Louisville in 1778, African Americans have created a history behind the wall of slavery and the veil of segregation, and have forged a remarkably vibrant community that, at times, influenced the political and cultural history of the nation. This community, while not entirely beyond the reach of white Louisvillians, was certainly beyond their field of vision - and its people and its achievements are largely unknown, even to more recent generations of African Americans themselves.Over the past two centuries and more, black Louisville faced many challenges: creating a free black community in the midst of slavery; the struggle to end slavery itself; the struggle to expand the limits of freedom in a segregated society; creating meaning and culture; the struggle to end segregation; and the struggle to expand the limits of freedom in a society in which African Americans are "neither separate nor equal." Louisville African Americans met each of these challenges and, by so doing, they created a community and defined its identity and character. When most successful, they capitalized on their opportunities and assets, the most important of which derived from Louisville's favorable location, the need for black labor, the need for black votes and the presence of a few influential white allies. The resulting economic and political capacity, when used astutely, could wrest concessions from white businesses and political leaders that advanced the interests of the entire African American community.The purpose of Two Centuries of Black Louisville: A Photographic History is simply to tell this story in words and images - a history in which all, irrespective of race and place, can take pride.

Author : Winona L. Fletcher,Sheila Mason Burton,James E. Wallace,Mary E. Winter,Douglas A. Boyd
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0916968308

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Community Memories by Winona L. Fletcher,Sheila Mason Burton,James E. Wallace,Mary E. Winter,Douglas A. Boyd Pdf

"While this is a glimpse of Frankfort's African American community, it has much in common with other Black communities, especially those in the South. Although much in the collection that produced this work - both photographic and oral history - is nostalgic, it ultimately demonstrates that change is constant, producing both negative and positive results."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John B. Boles
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813183060

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Black Southerners by John B. Boles Pdf

This revealing interpretation of the black experience in the South emphasizes the evolution of slavery over time and the emergence of a rich, hybrid African American culture. From the incisive discussion on the origins of slavery in the Chesapeake colonie