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In the next installment of Uncommon History, Daniel Hurt speaks to Brent Taylor, West Kentucky Community & Technical College's associate professor of history, about Kentucky's statehood story that started with a 1788 letter sent to Congress in New York City, which expressed Kentucky's frustration about the pace of the Union-joining process.
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A historic Mayfield hotel that has stood in the far western Kentucky city’s court square for nearly a century will soon be demolished.
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More than three decades have passed since Congress demanded museums and government agencies return the remains of Native Americans who were removed from their burial site. Today, thousands of those remains still sit on institutions’ shelves in Kentucky, awaiting action.
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Last week, the Filson Historical Society announced the African American History Initiative to preserve the stories of Black people in Louisville, Southern Indiana and the Ohio Valley.
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Lawmakers advanced a measure that would require public elementary and high schools to include a unit of Native American history in their social studies curriculum, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.
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Though it’s far removed from the major battlegrounds for women’s suffrage, a Black west Kentucky native left their mark in the fight for women’s voting rights in rural Iowa.
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State museum has 2nd largest collection of unrepatriated remains, per news investigation
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A University of Kentucky computer science professor is leading a team that’s attempting to decipher a 2000-year-old manuscript about life after the reign of Alexander the Great using machine learning technology.
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Though not known to many, Stovepipe No. 1 – a west Kentucky musician nicknamed for his hat and instrument of choice – left a unique mark on the history of jug band music.
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A far western Kentucky city honored the memory of a Black artist who called the town home over the weekend with a guest author sharing their recent children's book about his life.
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A pair of Paducah art exhibits – one curated by a Graves County art institution at Paducah City Hall and another at the National Quilt Museum – are among the many options available to west Kentucky residents and visitors observing Black History Month.
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West Kentucky Community & Technical College is renaming its office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to memorialize the Paducah institution’s first Black graduate.