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A Paducah organization has developed a self-guided driving tour highlighting the far western Kentucky city’s African-American history.
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A student government organization at the University of Tennessee at Martin passed a resolution last week condemning two bills passed by the state legislature as racist.
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The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky will provide resources and training for teachers to help students learn more about Black history.
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WKMS celebrates Black History Month with special programming each Thursday in February. Programs include historical, musical, and social subject matter that analyzes and celebrates the Black experience in the U.S.
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Supporters of the legislation say anti-racist initiatives in schools make white students feel guilty, and promote a “victimhood” mindset among students of color. Some say it even amounts to leftist indoctrination. But some Black students, and their parents, are worried these bills threaten to roll back progress.
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The Kentucky Chautauqua program through the nonprofit Kentucky Humanities has actors and actresses bring to life historical figures from Kentucky through live performances in character, providing an up-close experience to history for community members and schools.
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Various organizations in Hopkinsville are celebrating Black History Month with an array of events from a pop-up shop to a brewery presentation.
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Bill Dillard was Kentucky's first Black sheriff, elected twice in Christian County before he became caught up in an FBI drug investigation.
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A new trail connects what was once Kentucky’s only state park for African Americans to Kenlake State Resort Park. The Kentucky Department of Parks announced the opening of the two-mile trail in Marshall County in a release Monday.
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New York-based filmmaker Derek Vitatoe is in preparations to make a “Jocko” — a new feature film based on the lives of Black horse racing jockeys and telling the story of their dominance early on in the history of the Kentucky Derby.