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STORIES

ALVIS JOHNSON, who came to UK after nearly a quarter-century of coaching high school football in Kentucky, offers his insights on why the sports world is one step ahead of the rest of society...
Kentucky Kernel: You grew up in Kentucky while Adolph Rupp was coaching at UK. Was the rest of the state of Kentucky reflective of the racial atmosphere surrounding the basketball program?...
Racism, Rupp and real life

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Returning to roots, looking toward future:

REFLECTING B(L)ACKWARD

From 1998 issues:

The University of Kentucky has made great strides in moving forward in diversity, through its programs, its faculty and more importantly, its students. Take a look
REFLECTING B(L)ACKWARD

From 1998 issues:

The Civil Rights Movement not only transformed the nation, but it also deeply affected the University of Kentucky and the people in it. Take a look into the different shades of the movement and its profound affect on UK then and now.


Links

African - American Journey

OneAmerica: The Presidents Initiative on Race

Historical Research Repository, Inc.

Museum of Afro - American History

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

National Civil Rights Museum

Legacy of Leadership: African - American Pioneers in Kentucky Law

African-American Collections

Harper Collins Celebrates Black History Month

CNN Black History Month

Lest We Forget

BlackVoices

The Black World Today

National Association for the Advancement of Black People

Teaching Tolerance

Women Against Race

Stop The Hate

AFRO - America: The Black History Museum

Taking the Train to Freedom

The Library of Congress Collection: Abolition Documents

Exploring Black History

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rest of the Dream: The Black Odyssey of Lyman T. Johnson
Hall, Wade
University Press of Kentucky. 1988

Racial Violence In Kentucky, 1865 -1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule and Legal Lynchings
Wright, George C.
Louisiana State University Press


Over 300,000 African - American men served in WWI

Over 1,000,000 African - American men served in WWII, composing 8.7 percent of all US forces.

African - American men composed 9.8 percent of all US forces in Vietnam.

African - American men composed 20 percent of all US forces in the Gulf War.


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