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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:
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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
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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.
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Links
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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
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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
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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
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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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