Blackboard Learn - 0 views
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Clarke, Anna Mac (1919-1944) - Led the protest to desegregate the Douglas Army Airfield theater.
Lexington's Sayre School
Kentucky Chautauqua, Mary Owens, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boone, Kentucky History - Ky H... - 0 views
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Haley Bowlng McCoy
201 Shannon Ct.
Lexington, KY 40511
Home Phone: (606) 627-1842
Email: haleysmccoy@gmail.com
Military Pioneer
1919—1944
Anna Mac Clarke didn't put up with second-class treatment from anybody, including the U.S. Army. A native of Lawrenceburg, Clarke graduated from Kentucky State College in 1941. Rejecting domestic work—the only job a black college graduate could get in Lawrenceburg in those days—she left Kentucky to work at a Girl Scout Camp in New York state.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Clarke volunteered for the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (renamed Women's Army Corps in 1943). During officer's training in Iowa, she led the successful opposition to a proposal to segregate black soldiers into their own regiment. At Douglas Army Airfield in Arizona, Lieutenant Clarke made history when she became the first black WAC officer to command a white unit. And she made national news after her protest against segregated seating in the base theater convinced the commanding officer to ban segregation on the base. Just a few weeks later, Clarke died of complications from a ruptured appendix. She was 24.
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.
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.
Urban League of Lexington releases "State of Black Lexington" report - 1 views
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A report from a group that included people from the Urban League, the Lexington Commission on Race Relations, the University of Kentucky, the Office of the Mayor and other groups. The report includes a public opinion survey of 600 Fayette County residents (200 Whites, 200 Blacks, 200 Hispanics) by a reputable marketing communications and research firm.
Georgia Powers talking about the march on Frankfort. - 2 views
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This is a great Primary source of Georgia Davis Powers talking about the 1964 march on Frankfort trying to pass equal housing bill for Kentucky.
Oral HIstory - 1 views
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The Kentucky Historical Society has put together on this site the Oral History Project. They have recorded and transcribes stories from the Civil Rights Movement. They are all Kentuckians and is an excelling primary source regarding various topics that the interviewees discuss. I listen to Howard Bailey talk of what it was like to move from segregated color school to integrated school.
Frances - 2 views
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The Kentucky Encyclopedia has a biography on any well known or prominent person in the stats history. It is an excellent resource with in its self to look up anyone and know quickly who they were and what they did. Frances Beauchamp is documented with in this Encyclopedia. She was a temperance advocate and president of the Woman Christian Temperance Union.
Laura Clay - 3 views
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an unusually powerful position for a southern girl in the 1860's when any woman demonstrating intellect was considered a "bluestocking" doomed to spinsterhood.
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Their resulting divorce in 1878 was the turning point in all of the Clay women's lives. According to laws at the time, a woman held no claim to house or property
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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.
Article about Temperance from the Temperance era - 0 views
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This is an article from the New York Times in 1907. It is interesting to see what would have been published about prohibition by the people of that time mostly we read articles written about prohibition 20 years or 50 years later. It has raciest tones to it which is sad but unfortunately was part of many people's lives during this time.
Edward T. Breathitt - 0 views
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He passed the Kentucky Civil Rights Act which was the first desegregation law passed by a southern sate. Has an oral history available in Kentucky libraries and it is also available online.
National Women's History Project - 0 views
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The National Women's History Project, founded in 1980, is an educational nonprofit organization. Our mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.
Image Collections - 2 views
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ap view all images from this collection Thirty-one African American girls who passed swim tests with swimming school staff. Front Row, Emily Coleman, Mary L. Taylor, Julia Mukes, Ella F. Moss, Nannie Covington, Virginia Williams, Costella Peck, Dolersa Hobbs, Lena Walker, Alva Patton, Annie Lacefield, Geraldine Moore, Dora Madison, Nena Curry. Second Row, Annette Brown, Rominti Wade, Anna Thacker, Geraldine Penman, Ann Roach, Nannette Johnson, Shirley Wright, Mary Williams, Louise Henderson, Vada Lawson, Geraldine Garner, Mattie B. Ray, Mary J. Butler, Margaret Floyd, Dorsey Williams, Pauline Fender, Anna B. Bailey. Back row, Osborne Price, lifeguard; Margaret Covington, leader; A.D. Burroughs, pool manager; Mrs. H.H. Rowe, director of city recreation and Douglas park; George Elliott, Herald-Leader instructor; Russell Hill, assistant instructor; Juanita Rankin, leader; and Kenneth Dunson, lifeguard. (This image was published in: Herald-Leader )
Women Against Coal Mining - 3 views
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Very interesting piece on strip mining and its dangers.
Minutes, SCEF Board of Directors - 1963-04-26 - Norfolk, VA - inc Bradens - 0 views
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Anne is part of the discussion about the rejection of SCEF from the Southern Inter-Agency Conference - and how they would handle the communications with their sponsoring organizations (YMCA and SNCC). Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, "Minutes, SCEF Board of Directors," April 26, 1963, SCRID# 99-159-0-34-1-1-1ph, Series 2515: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records, 1994-2006, Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Kentucky: Secretary of State - Women Serving Kentucky - 2 views
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Another list of web links for Woman's Clubs.
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I never really would have considered Girl Scouts to be activists or reformers, but every woman needs to start somewhere!
Women Reformers and Activists (Nationwide) - 1 views
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Very long list of important women activists organized alphabetically. Not only KY women though.
Southern Conference for Human Welfare/Educational Fund - Oral History Interviews at Ind... - 0 views
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5 interviews with civil rights activists in the early 1980s (Anne Braden, Virginia Foster Durr, Amelia Robinson, Fred Shuttlesworth, Frederick Palmer Weber) who discuss their involvement in the Southern Conference for Human Welfare/Educational Fund. Some of the main topics include segregation, poverty, legislation, and poll taxes. (Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460.) Braden interview by Linda Reed is 35 pages (90 minutes) - describes the disenfranchisement of Depression Era South and need for worker, economic and civil rights for Black Americans; discusses Congress of Industrial Organizations, House Un-American Activities Committee, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference as well as the structure of the SCEF and the Southern Patriot.
The Bradens, James Dombrowski, Martin Luther King Jr. and SCEF - 1 views
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Part of a larger article posted on an ultra-rightwing website... note the links back to Stormfront.org - one of the oldest continuing online discussion forums for neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, Christian identity hate groups and other ultra-conservatives. This page shows a picture of King in the company of "subversives" such as this one that the New Orleans police took when they raided SCEF offices - the notations on this MLKjr website include citations from the Congressional Record where the descriptions of the Bradens and SCEF as "communist" and advocating class/race warfare can be found
Section of Highway in Louisville named for Georgia Davis Powers - Press Release June 16... - 0 views
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Press release of unveiling of new highway sign by Governor Beshear and Louisville-area community leaders to celebrate Georgia Davis Powers - 7.5 mile section of I-264 in western Louisville is now the Georgia Davis Powers Expressway as per the House Joint Resolution 67 of the 2010 General Assembly.
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