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Theda Skocpol and Jennifer Lynn Oser - Organization despite Adversity: The Origins and ... - 0 views

  • A prominent form of voluntary organization in the United States from the nineteenth century through the mid–twentieth century, fraternal associations are self-selecting brotherhoods and sisterhoods that provide mutual aid to members, enact group rituals, and engage in community service.
  • Synthesizing primary and secondary evidence, this article documents that African Americans historically organized large numbers of translocal fraternal voluntary federations. Some black fraternal associations paralleled white groups, while others were distinctive to African Americans.
  • In regions where blacks lived in significant numbers, African Americans often created more fraternal lodges per capita than whites; and women played a much more prominent role in African American fraternalism than they did in white fraternalism.
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  • Rivaling churches as community institutions, many black fraternal federations became active in struggles for equal civil rights.
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Oral history interview with Louise Reynolds. :: African American Oral History Collection - 0 views

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    Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party, including her work as a precinct committeewoman, in the party's headquarters, and for Representative John Robsion. She worked for Robsion in the 1950s, and was elected to Louisville's Board of Alderman in 1961. Ms. Reynolds discusses the legislation passed during her time on the board, including the Public Accommodations Ordinance, the establishment of the Human Relations Commission, and an Equal Opportunity ordinance, and her involvement in trying to pass an open housing ordinance. She discusses the administrations of mayors William Cowger, and to a lesser extent, Kenneth Schmied. She also describes a visit to the White House at the invitation of President Lyndon Johnson. She also worked for the Small Business Administration, and she talks about the advice she gives small businesspeople who approach the SBA for loans, and notes several successful African American businesspeople in Louisville.
Big Bird

Women in Military - Lt. Anna Mac Clarke - 2 views

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    Since I just came back from active duty, I found this biography of Lt. Anna Mac Clarke very interesting. She was an African American woman born in Lawrenceburg, KY and was the first female, African American female, to be specific, to command an all-white unit. I feel that this brief article not only demonstrates the magnitude of such an accomplishment, but that it also provides wonderful insight about a topic that deserves much more attention: women in the military. With both the historical background and significance of this article, I think others will find it just as useful.
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    This article is very interesting. It is hard to believe that an African American women who led an all white group of troops late in her military career was subject to swimming in the pool at her base camp in Iowa only for one hour a week on fridays, after the pool was sanitized. Lt. Clarke had to be a strong willed women who was constantly challenged in her military life due to the fact of being black and a women. The majority of the army being white men, this race and gender issue must of been a challenge each and everyday.
Randolph Hollingsworth

UK Prof's community reading club in Lex - will first focus on MLKing autobio - 0 views

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    Dr. Adam Banks, UK Rhetoric professor, will be meeting with Lexington African-American community members to allow for greater access to thoughtful, critical inquiry about crucial topics on race today - not just leave historic images for popular consumption without question but allow some time and space for community dialog on the actual words of MLK Jr, from his own authorship (autobiography). This important learning experience will benefit not only the African-American individuals who go and participate, but also the larger communities in which we all will benefit from a more thoughtful public.
Jamsasha Pierce

Notable Kentucky African Americans - - 4 views

  • She was one of the first African American woman from Kentucky to enlist during World War II, the first to become an officer, and the first African American WAC over an all-white regiment. Clarke led the protest that desegregated the Douglas Army Airfield theater.
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    Here's a compilation of many different resources on Kentucky woment during World War II. Needs exploring by the class very interesting.
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    Thank you for this website! I find it very interesting to read about because I am joining the military. It is very informative and like you said interesting to read about!
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    This site provides a ton of information regarding the tough road most African Americans had to take in order to be treated with dignity and respect in the military, espically women.
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Kentucky African American Encyclopedia Proposal - 0 views

  •   Throughout the state’s history Kentuckians of African descent have made notable contributions to all aspects of life. They have served in the military, constructed buildings, organized hospitals, established businesses, erected churches, formed benevolent societies, participated in athletic events, shaped the cultural landscape, entertained audiences, educated masses of school children, held political offices, and fought for respect and equality. Kentucky African American history is as diverse as the state.
  • In 1970, the Kentucky Commission for Human Rights published Kentucky’s Black Heritage
  •   In 1982, Alice Dunnigan published lengthy popular history The Fascinating Story of Black Kentuckians
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  • In 1992, the Kentucky Historical Society published the well-received two volumes History of Blacks in Kentucky authored by Marion Lucas and George Wright. 
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Mary McLeod Bethune with a ... - World Digital Library - 0 views

  • une was a pioneering American educator and civil rights leader. Born Mary Jane McLeod on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, the daughter of former slaves, Bethune won scholarships to attend Scotia Seminary in Concord, North Carolina (now Barber-Scotia College), and the Institute for Home and Foreign Missions in Chicago (now the Moody Bible Institute). In 1904, she moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, to found her own school. Her one-room school house became the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls before merging with Cookman Institute for Boys in 1923. The merged school later affiliated with the United Methodist Church and became the historically-black college named in her honor, Bethune-Cookman College (now Bethune-Cookman University). In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Bethune the director of the National Youth Administration's Division of Negro Affairs, making her the first black woman to head a federal agency. She also founded the National Council of Negro Women and was an active member of the National Association of Colored Women until her death in May 1955. Date Created Around 1905 Place North America > United States of America > Florida > Daytona Beach Time 1900 AD - 1949 AD Topic Social sciences > Political science > Civil & political rights Social sciences > Education > Schools & their activities; special education Additional Subjects African American girls ; African Americans--Segregation ; Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 ; Women ; Women's history Type of Item Prints, Photographs Physical Description 1 negative: black and white; 4 x 5 inches Institution State Library and Archives of Florida External Resource http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/ftasa.4013
  • Mary McLeod Bethune was a pioneering American educator and civil rights leader.
  • In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Bethune the director of the National Youth Administration's Division of Negro Affairs, making her the first black woman to head a federal agency.
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  • She also founded the National Council of Negro Women and was an active member of the National Association of Colored Women until her death in May 1955.
Jamsasha Pierce

African-American WACs: they changed segregationist military policy - 0 views

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    Wuetcher, Sue. "African-American WACs: they changed segregationist military policy." Available from http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archives/vol27/vol27n17/n2.html. Internet; accessed 8 November 2010.
Big Bird

Southern African American Women and the Impact of Race, Gender, and Social Movements on... - 0 views

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    This is an excellent article written by Rosalee A. Clawson and John A. Clark that describes the dramatic affects that the social movements, gender, and race of southern African American women had on the dynamic of the Democratic party. Once a nearly all-white, male institution, the Democratic party changed after the New Deal and even more change was brought to it by the events of the Civil Rights Era. The comparisons and connections that Clawson and Clark make are thorough and well written.
Big Bird

Education and African American Females - 0 views

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    Education is one of the most important investments of any society. However, negative stigmitism, conflicting ideas, and neglect often infiltrate academia through racism in the U.S. education system. Carla O'Connor, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, conducted a study in that involved the experiences of three different African American females in the college education environment. A great study to read that dissects the issue of race and gender in American education.
Randolph Hollingsworth

African American Schools in Lexington and Fayette County, KY - Notable Kentucky African... - 0 views

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    List of schools
Randolph Hollingsworth

"Wade, Helen Cary Caise" Notable Kentucky African Americans Database - 0 views

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    Douglass High School student took Lafayette High School history class in summer of 1955
Big Bird

Dr. Mary Britton: Kentucky Commission on Human Rights - Great Black Kentuckians - 1 views

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    This is the State agency website celebrating great human rights activists. This page in particular celebrates Dr. Mary Britton, a prominent woman not only in civil rights, but also medicine and anti-lynching and segregation laws. She was the first female African American physician in Lexington and was a powerful influence for the State of Kentucky. She was active in the Woman's Improvement Club.
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Notable KY African American inventors - 0 views

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    Found UKs library database, this list is of famous African Americans men and women who made an impact on society by inventing different products. Two women on the list are: Bradberry, Henrietta Mahim & Moore, Mary A.
One Ton

Notable KY African Americans - 1 views

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    Found in UK's library website, this page consists of numerous men and women who strived to be equal. Neat to read about Brenda Cowan- the first African American fire fighter in Lexington, KY.
Jamsasha Pierce

AMC - POSTSCRIPT - 2 views

  • From its start as the WAAC in 1942 until the end of World War II in 1946, only two black women from Kentucky would join the Women's Army Corps and go on to become officers, Anna Clarke and Mary A. Bordeaux (from Louisville), who was a member of the first Officer Candidate Class at Fort Des Moines and eventually was assigned to WAC recruiting duty in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Anna Mac Clarke was a pioneer, part of a unique group of women who came together for one purpose, to help their country win a world war. She and her sister WAACs would also fight another war at home; that of racism, and they, as one unified force, began to break down the barriers of her race and gender which would eventually lead to the civil rights movement of the late 1940s, up through the 1960s. Anna Mac would never know the full impact her efforts to right injustice would have on things that we take for granted today, not only in the military, but in the civilian world as well.
  • The Women's Armed Services Integration Act gave women permanent military status in the regular army or reserves.
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    Very interesting to see Black women in the arm forces and to see that they were able to become officers in a time like this
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    I found this site interesting, espically that after her death, President Truman made an executive order for the equality of blacks in our military.
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    There were actually quite a few African American WACs from Kentucky. See the NKAA entry "African American WACs who were Born in Kentucky" at http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NKAA/record.php?note_id=2139 and the "WACs" subject heading at http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NKAA/subject.php?sub_id=142
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Midway Living History Day 2009 - 0 views

  • Herman Farrell, assistant professor of theater at UK and a Midway resident, introduced the reading of the 1933 Midway Pageant. Brenda Jackson (left) read the parts of Chroniclers #VII and VIII. Her mother, Cora Emma Washington, played the role of the 'Spirit of the Past'.
  • Brenda Jackson (left) read the parts of Chroniclers #VII and VIII. Her mother, Cora Emma Washington, played the role of the 'Spirit of the Past'.
  • Helen Rentch (left), as the 'Spirit of Midway', prepares to pass the torch to the 'Spirit of the Future'. Also appearing here - Leslie Penn, Pam Thomas, Blythe Jamieson, Phil Dare, and Cora Emma Washington, the 'Spirit of the Past'.
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  • Betty Ann Voigt pays tribute to her best friend.
  • Miss Parrish is a pioneer in women’s sports and the author of “Outstanding Kentucky Women in Sports”. She was inducted into the Centre College Sports Hall of Fame in 1941. She was a faculty member and coach at Midway College for nearly 40 years. The College’s most prestigious annual athletics award is named the “Margaret Ware Parrish Athletic Award”
  • Brenda Jackson shows Bob Rathbone pictures from the three African-American churches in Midway. Brenda also showed photographs and documents from Midway's African-American schools.
  • Helen Rentch (seated) shares her collection from Parrish Hill Farm with Nancy Dare.
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    Here are some pictures of a few people that I have been given contact information. Miss Parrish past October 1st, 2010. She was the great grand daughter of co-founder of the Kentucky Female Orphan School James Parrish.
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    The 2010 Midway Living History Day is Sat. October 30th from noon to 4:30pm.
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UK Projects Emphasize Importance of African Americans in Kentucky's Equine History - 16... - 0 views

  • Lexington played a significant role in the early history of horse racing and the equine industry, but few people are aware of the African-American jockeys, trainers, groomsmen and handlers who worked diligently and successfully to shape the city’s and state’s horse heritage.
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» civil rights The Bluegrass and Beyond - 2 views

  • “All of the adults looked after all of the children. Everybody knew each other. Everybody helped each other.”
  • Oakwood was special from the beginning. When the 106-home subdivision opened in 1964, it was only the second development in Lexington where African-Americans could buy a new house. The first, St. Martins Village, had opened a few years earlier, about a mile down Georgetown Road.
  • Oakwood opened the same year that Congress passed landmark civil rights legislation that prohibited housing discrimination. Before that, such discrimination was not only legal but widely practiced.
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  • The subdivision was carved from farmland near the factories of IBM, Square D and Trane. Those employers were willing to hire African-Americans and pay them enough so they could afford an Oakwood home, which then sold for about $20,000.
  • Those former Oakwood children remember how their parents emphasized education and hard work. “There was just no tolerance for not achieving
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    This article highlights a truly unique place. I looked up some information about the subdivision and was delighted to know that it has virtually remained intact. Here are some statistics on the neighborhood: http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Oakwood-Lexington-KY.html
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