Black History Month

Elizabeth B. "Lizzie" Fouse of Lexington held her appointment from Gov. Simeon Willis to a Commission for the Study of Negro Affairs in 1944. Fouse was a leader in the National Association of Colored Women.

Black History Month: Women's clubs played key role in lives of black women

The Phyllis Wheatley Charity Club, a 102-year-old women's club, is one of just a few such groups left in the state. At one time, there were hundreds of them affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and its Kentucky chapter.

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NEIGHBORS

Tom Eblen: St. Martin's Village subdivision was a first for blacks in Lexington

It was hard for black people to buy a nice home in Lexington until St. Martin's Village subdivision was built.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Kentucky supported Lincoln's efforts to abolish slavery — 111 years late

Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, but his native state was next to last in ratifying the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Four black photographers with Kentucky roots were witness to history

Kentucky-born photographers have received national attention for their work.
NEIGHBORS

Black History Month: Scholar's research on author William Wells Brown finds new truths about his life

"I was born in Lexington, Ky." That is the first sentence of the first chapter of the first manuscript published by William Wells Brown, the first and most prolific black writer published in the 19th century. And it appears to be wrong.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Black History Month: The life of Robert Charles O'Hara Benjamin

Robert Charles O'Hara Benjamin, a journalist, attorney, teacher and political activist, had one goal: racial equality. He fought for equality and died as a result.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Freed from slavery, Lexington's Lewis Hayden became leader for blacks in Massachusetts

With his own debt of freedom repaid, Lewis Hayden could focus on helping others become free. The escaped slave from Lexington already had accomplished a lot by this time, as I wrote in last Wednesday's column. By the late 1840s, Hayden was a leader in Boston's black community.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Black History Month: Charles Young's influence gaining wider regard

If you've ever been to the Charles Young Center at 540 East Third Street, you may have assumed that Young was a Lexington leader. He wasn't. Charles Young's influence was nationwide, his reach international.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Tom Eblen: Abolitionist's hatred of slavery began in Lexington

When the Marquis de Lafayette visited Lexington in May 1825, during his celebrated national tour, Lewis Hayden, a slave child of 13, slipped away from his chores long enough to try to catch a glimpse of the French hero of the American Revolution.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Black History Month: Newly emancipated slaves eagerly enrolled in Freedmen’s schools

After the Civil War ended in 1865, thousands of newly emancipated slaves in Kentucky faced a desperate need for education to equip them for the unfamiliar new world of freedom.
MERLENE DAVIS

Merlene Davis: Lexington academies set a high bar for black males

The Carter G. Woodson Academy is patterned after the successful Black Males Working Academy at First Baptist Church Bracktown, which meets on Saturdays and has been credited with marked increases in standardized test scores for its participants.