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Author, historian, and features writer for the African American Folklorist Newspaper Michael L. Jones has made significant contributions to the…
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When driving south on Chestnut St. in Bowling Green, toward the traffic circle on Western Kentucky University's campus, a beautiful grey home sitting…
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A new museum in Bardstown is intended to help fill in some gaps in the town’s history. The Bardstown-Nelson County African American Heritage Museum opened…
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Maxine Ray is a folklorist who grew up in the historic African American community of Jonesville, which Western Kentucky University replaced during the…
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As a folklorist, I’m constantly searching for notable African American stories in and around Kentucky. In my more recent research, I decided to look…
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Arnold Shultz is an African American fiddler and guitarist who was instrumental in the development of Bluegrass, along with other country-style music…
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The terms "soul food" and "Southern style food" were not an initial naming convention for the meals eaten in the households I grew up in. We ate what…
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How did an instrument that made its way from Africa, to the Caribbean, then the shores of the American south become a staple of bluegrass music? And how,…
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Appalachia is known and celebrated for many things. However, one piece of its history seems less known.That’s where the organization Black In Appalachia…
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Located at 124th N. 1st St. in Louisville, Kentucky, Roots 101 African American Museum is an incubator for African American history.Its mission statement…