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Includes biographical information on Sheriff Thompson; this is a digital reproduction of a 1992 book of the same name See Library of Congress Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/92091052

This webpage will help you find contact information about local units of NAACP chapters

The beginning of this article is a great biography. The best part of this piece was being able to find out more about her positions on states rights and whether she believed in civil rights for blacks as well. Clay was a major supporter of states rights. In all that she did for women's rights ( a list is given at the end) Clay was not an advocate for the rights of African Americans. 

I found it unique that Laura Clay began to pursue womens equal rights after her parents seperated. Her mother took care of the White Hall estate for 45 years and then was all the sudden homeless because the property belonged to the father according to the laws that prevented women from owning land. This left Laura and her sisters to pursue the equality of women. She was also responsible for creating the Kentucky Equal Rights Organization with the help of Susan B. Anthony.

This site has a short but very informative biography of Laura Clay. Along with a biography it list all of her monumental accomplishment fighting for equal rights. The site is full of pictures of Laura Clay and is very well documented with numerous sources citing the information.

Short notification of the AASRP race dialogues series starting on Sept 16 - the video is online at http://www.ket.org/civilrights/bio_jwilson.htm. The note would have been more useful if it included the KET website information and some description of expectation of the attendees, i.e., to discuss openly and respectfully very difficult issues regarding race, gender, sexuality, segregation and Kentucky's violent past (and present).

Thursday, Oct. 14th in Louisville, the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will celebrate its 50th Anniversary Civil and Human Rights Conference. John Trasviña, assistant Secretary of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity for the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, will announce the launch of a new HUD Fair Housing Innovative Education Program at Kentucky State University. The program is called The National Fair Housing Collegiate Partnership and is a practical concept designed to promote fair housing and educate students about their rights under the U.S. Fair Housing Act. This law prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, disability, sex, national origin and families with children. The HUD partnership program at Kentucky State University will also provide information for students who have interests in pursuing civil rights related careers.

This is from Organizing Black America, it gives information on the SCEF.

Here's a compilation of many different resources on Kentucky woment during World War II. Needs exploring by the class very interesting.

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!

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.

This website offers basic information in regards to the neighborhood. the site contains information on a project designed to refurbish and renovate many of the historical buildings in the old Lexington neighborhood.

A general timeline with big milestones indicated building up to the Greensboro public accommodations protests. The International Civil Rights Center & Museum opened last February on the 50th anniversary of the day the N.C. A&T freshmen refused to leave the whites-only lunch counter -- helping to inspire a national sit-in movement. More information about the museum is online at www.sitinmovement.org For coverage of the museum opening and more articles about the 50th anniversary of the sit-ins, visit www.news-record.com/news/museum

This is the Louisville-based website for peace and justice activists in KY that also contains information about the mission and events of the KY chapter of the NAARPR (the national organization founded by Carl Braden and Angela Davis et al) - this loacl branch, according to Cate Fosl was Anne Braden's "central outlet for local activism" (p. 317 in SUBVERSIVE SOUTHERNER) from the 1970s on.

Go to the Kentucky Room of the Central Branch of the Lexington Public Library (on Main Street) to find these City Directories. Some really interesting information to find there!

Great post. I have found some material that I might be able to use just from clicking this link

This news announcement has a nice picture that is recent - let's find out iif photos provided by "LRC Public Information" (Legislative Research Council) are in the public domain and we can use it to fix the Wikipedia entry on her.

I would like to submit all of your names as original authors of the History of Kentucky Women in the Civil Rights Era community outreach and open knowledge initiative (http://www.kywcrh.org) - please let me know if you do not wish your name to be included as a founding author. Here's the call: "If you are involved in a women's history website or web exhibit, online oral history initiative, podcast, blog, or other type of digital project and would like it featured in the Lab, please contact Kate Freedman (kfreedma@history.umass.edu). The submissions for the Digital History Lab should include the following (please submit your proposal in PDF format) : - A 300-words abstract describing the project - A brief 1 page CV containing your name, affiliation, contact information - A list of the requirements in order for your project to be viewed (these include but are not limited to OS, Applications, additional equipment) Kate Freedman Department of History University of Massachusetts kfreedma@history.umass.edu Email: kfreedma@history.umass.edu Visit the website at http://blogs.umass.edu/berks/cfp/"

Kroger is still involved with charitable giving to communities like the Midway Woman's Club was awarded.

This site offers some good information of the time Emma Guy Cromwell lived.

It gave a better frame of reference to put things in perspective.

This site has the lists of a large number of influential woman from Kentucky. They are listed according to their field and includes a short biography for each of them. The website focuses on woman who did significant public services for the state of Kentucky. There are not clear citations for all the information that has been gathered to make the website

Dated 1853, this is a very powerful source of information. What was a suffrage woman's source of encouragement and empowerment?

Powerful video about a woman who lived during the violence of segregation and how everyday activities we take for granted today took great courage then. For more information about this time period in Kentucky's history, see George C. Wright's ground-breaking book _Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule, and "Legal Lynchings."

This KET video will serve as the focus for the first of the UK AASRP Race Dialogues (www.uky.edu/AS/AASRP) held in the UK Student Center on Sept 16th 4:30-6 p.m.

The video on jennie and Alice Wilson is a powerful example of how standing up for what you believe in is the best thing a person can do. Jennie is a strong woman because of her childhood. Seeing her parents as slaves and as free people made an impression on her. This impression made her srong enough to raise foour children in Kentucky during segregation and send all four of them to college. Alice was strong enough to integrate into mayfield high school with 9 other children at the age of fourteen when no other black students would. After integrating she dealt with vocal abuse from white classmates, but never retaliated physically or vocally in a negative manner. Alice simply continued on with the importantt things in her life, the completion of school and the hopes of continuing onward to college.

This is a biography of Mae Street Kidd that looks substantial right now, but it does say not to cite due to lack of resources. The solution could be solved if they were to cite the "Passing for Black" book. Let me know if you think that this website would be informational to the rest of the group.

This is a list from states web site. This is a document thats serves as part time line and also gives a list of women in Kentucky that have made a lasting impression. This does not go into great detail but can help as a quick reference. I have used this to get more of a geographic understanding of events by county.

Pretty useful site based on standout women from Kentucky. Gives a quick bio and their accompishments. Very easy to use and understand basic information.