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Abbington, Vallateen Virginia Dudley Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Adams, Florence Victoria "Frankie" 1902-1979 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
200
Adams, Henry - 1802-1872 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
300
Adams, John Quincy "J. Q."-1848-1922 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
200
African American Ball (Lexington) Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
African American Baseball Completed
  • Sports
400
African American Boy Scouts Completed
  • Organizations
400
African American Businessmen's Association of Covington Completed
  • Business
500
African American Catholic Ministries Completed
  • Religion
500
African American Girl Scouts Completed
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
African American Hamlets Completed
  • Communities
400
African American Jockeys Completed
  • Sports
400
African American Migration Completed
  • Communities
400
African American Newspapers Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
400
African American Theaters Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
400
African American Undertakers Completed
  • Business
400
African Cemetery No. 2 (Lexington)-1869 Completed
  • Cemeteries
400
Alexander, Shaun - b. 1977 Assigned
  • Sports
200
Algee, John Alford-1931-1998 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Ali, Muhammad - b. 1942 Completed
  • Sports
400
Allen, Bessie Lucas - 1887 - 1944 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Women
400
Allensworth, Allen - 1842-1914 Completed
  • Communities
  • Law & Government
  • Military
  • Religion
200
Allensworth, James L. - 1845 - 1922 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
400
Allied Organizations for Civil Rights Completed
  • Organizations
500
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Assigned
  • Organizations
  • Women
500
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Completed
  • Organizations
500
American Baptist, The - 1879 Assigned
  • Religion
400
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Completed
  • Organizations
500
American Missionary Association Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
400
American Mutual Savings Bank Assigned
  • Business
400
Anderson Slave Pen Completed
  • Slavery
400
Anderson, Charles W., Jr. - 1907-1960 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Anderson, Dennis Henry - 1866 - 1952 Completed
  • Education
300
Anderson, Elijah - 1808 - 1861 Completed
  • Slavery
200
Anderson, Ezzrett "Sugarfoot" - b. 1920 Completed
  • Sports
200
Anderson, Felix Sylvester - 1891-1983 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
300
Anderson, Nancy - 1812 - 1888 Assigned
  • Business
  • Slavery
  • Women
400
Anderson, Robert Ball - 1843 - 1931 Completed
  • Business
  • Military
200
Anderson, William H. - 1843 - 1919 Completed
  • Civil Rights
200
Anderson-Mayer State Aid Act - 1936-1966 Completed
  • Education
400
Anti-Separate Coach Movement Assigned
  • Law & Government
  • Organizations
500
Antislavery Completed
  • Slavery
500
Ariel Academy Completed
  • Communities
  • Education
400
Arnold, Adam Shirley, Jr. - b. 1922 Completed
  • Education
200
Atkins, Charles Henry "Speedy"- ca. 1875-1928 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Atwood, Rufus Ballard - 1897-1983 Completed
  • Education
400
Aubespin, Mervin R. - b. 1937 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
300
August 8th Emancipation Celebration Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
500
Aunt Charlotte Completed
  • Business
  • Slavery
  • Women
200
Austin, Helen Cloud - b. 1925 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
200
Ayers, Rhoda Mae "Rhonnie" - 1931 - 1984 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Bacchus, Percival L. - 1902 - 1962 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Bacon, Mamie B. - b. 1873?-d. ? Completed
  • Organizations
  • Women
200
Bailey, William Shreve - 1806 - 1886 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Slavery
400
Baker, David - b. 1881-d. ? Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Ballard, John - 1829 - 1905 Completed
  • Slavery
200
Ballard, William Henry, Sr. - 1862 - 1954 Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
400
Banks, Anna Simms - ca. 1862 - 1923 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Banks, William Webb - 1862 - 1925 Completed
  • Business
400
Barbour, J. Berni - b. 1881 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Barclay, Arthur - 1854 - 1938 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Barclay, Edwin James - 1883 - 1955 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Barclay, Ernest James - 1847 - 1894 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Barfield, Rufus Lenro - b. 1929 Completed
  • Education
200
Barnes Temple A.M.E. Completed
  • Religion
500
Barnes, Margaret Elizabeth Sallee - 1879 - 1947 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Organizations
  • Women
200
Barnes, Shelby "Pike" - 1871 - 1905 Completed
  • Sports
200
Barrows Cemetery (Lincoln Co) Completed
  • Cemeteries
400
Bate, John William - 1854 - 1945 Completed
  • Education
400
Bate, Langston Fairchild - 1899 - 1977 Completed
  • Education
  • Medicine & Science
200
Bather, Paul C. - 1947 - 2009 Completed
  • Law & Government
300
Beard, Alfred, Jr. "Butch" - b. 1947 Completed
  • Sports
400
Beason, William "Bill" - 1908 - 1988 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Beatty, Anthany - b. 1951 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Beckett, William - 1910 - 1963 Completed
  • Law & Government
300
Bell, J. W. Completed
  • Education
400
Bell, J. W. Completed
  • Business
  • Religion
400
Bell, Jesse Burnett - 1904 - 1998 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Benjamin, Robert Charles O'Hara - 1855 - 1900 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Bentley, Daniel S. - 1850 - 1916 Completed
  • Business
  • Religion
200
Berea College Completed
  • Education
500
Berry, Julius S. - 1939 - 2001 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Sports
400
Berry, Robert T. - 1874 - 1967 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
  • Law & Government
400
Berry, Thackery Louis "T. L." - 1892 - 1944 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Berry, Theodore Moody - 1905 - 2000 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Berrytown Completed
  • Communities
400
Berrytown Cemetery Assigned
  • Cemeteries
400
Bethea, Rainey execution (August 14, 1936) Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Bibb, Charles Leon - b. 1922 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Bibb, Henry Walton - 1815 - 1856 Completed
  • Slavery
400
Bickerstaff, Bernard Tyrone "Bernie" - b.1944 Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Sports
200
Biggerstaff, Thompson Burnam - 1902 - 1969 Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Medicine & Science
400
Biggerstaff, William - 1854 - 1886 Completed
  • Slavery
200
Bingham, Rebecca Taylor - b. 1928 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Birney, James Gillespie Completed
  • Slavery
400
Bishop, Stephen - ca. 1817 - 1857 Completed
  • Slavery
400
Black Coffey Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Black Expos Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Black Six Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Black, Issac E. Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Blackburn, Charles Henry "Jack" - 1883 - 1942 Completed
  • Sports
200
Blackburn, Thornton - 1814 - 1890 & Lucie (or Ruth) - abt 1805 - 1895 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
  • Women
200
Blackburn, William B. - 1848 - 1880 Completed
  • Religion
400
Blue, Thomas Fountain, Sr. - 1866 - 1935 Completed
  • Education
300
Blues Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Blyew v. United States Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Bobtown Completed
  • Communities
400
Bond, Frederick F. "Fred" - 1930 - 1986 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
200
Bond, Henry - 1865 - 1929 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Bond, Horace Mann - 1904 - 1972 Completed
  • Education
200
Bond, J. (James) Max, Jr. - 1935-2009 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
200
Bond, J. Max, Sr. - 1902-1991 Completed
  • Education
200
Bond, James M. - 1863-1929 Completed
  • Education
400
Bond-Washington School Completed
  • Education
400
Booker T. Washington Schools Assigned
  • Education
400
Boswell, Arnita Young - 1920-2002 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Botts, Henry - 1859 - 1946 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
400
Bourgard, Caroline B.-1862-1928 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
400
Bowling Green Academy-1902-1933 Completed
  • Education
500
Boyd, Ben - ca. 1866 - 1924 Completed
  • Sports
400
Boyd, Charles Wesley - b. 1865 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
200
Boyd, Henry - 1802-1866 Completed
  • Business
200
Bracktown Completed
  • Communities
400
Braddock, General Completed
  • Military
  • Slavery
200
Bradford, Bill "Billy" Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Bradley, James Completed
  • Slavery
200
Brady, St. Elmo-1884-1966 Completed
  • Education
  • Medicine & Science
200
Bransford Family Assigned
  • Business
400
Brashear, Carl Maxie - 1931-2006 Completed
  • Military
300
Brean, David Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
200
Bridgeman, Ulysses Lee "Junior"-b. 1953 Completed
  • Business
  • Sports
300
Britton, Mary E. - 1855-1925 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
400
Britton, Thomas M. "Tom" - abt. 1873-1901 Completed
  • Sports
400
Brooks Memorial Hospital Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Brooks, Charles H. - 1859 or 1861-1951? Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
200
Brooks, Robert Harold - 1915-1941 Completed
  • Military
200
Brown Memorial C.M.E. Church Completed
  • Religion
400
Brown v. Board of Education Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
500
Brown, Edward Dudley "Brown Dick" - 1850-1906 Completed
  • Sports
400
Brown, Edward Hall-1861-1946 Completed
  • Business
400
Brown, Jesse Everett "Doc"-1856-1951 Completed
  • Business
300
Brown, John Will "Scoop" - 1922 -2002 Assigned
  • Sports
400
Brown, Lee Lowell - b. 1879 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Brown, Marie Spratt "Maude"-b. 1869 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Brown, Russell S., Sr. - 1889- 1981 Completed
  • Religion
200
Brown, William Wells - 1814-1884 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Slavery
200
Browne, Birdius William - 1906-1986 Completed
  • Education
  • Sports
200
Brownstown Completed
  • Communities
400
Brucetown Completed
  • Communities
400
Bruner, Peter Completed
  • Military
200
Buchanan v. Warley Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Buckner, George Washington - 1855-1943 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
200
Buckner, Harry E. Completed
  • Sports
200
Bucktown Completed
  • Communities
400
Buffalo Soldiers Completed
  • Military
400
Bullock, George L. - b. abt. 1892 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
300
Bullock, William Fontaine-1807-1889 Completed
  • Education
400
Burdett, Gabriel - 1829-1914 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
  • Slavery
200
Burks Chapel A.M.E. Church Completed
  • Religion
400
Burks, Ishmon Farley Jr.-b. 1945 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Burks, Juanita Pauline Farley-b. 1920 Completed
  • Business
  • Women
400
Burleigh, Angus Augustus - 1845-1938 Completed
  • Education
  • Military
400
Burley, Daniel Gardner - 1907-1962 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
  • Sports
200
Burns, Harvey - 1884 - 1931 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
400
Burns, Tommie, Jr. - b. 1933 Completed
  • Business
300
Burroughs, Nannie Helen-1879-1961 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Women
  • Civil Rights
200
Burse, Kim M. (Hatch)- b. 1954 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Women
300
Burse, Luther - b. 1937 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
200
Burse, Raymond Malcolm - b. 1951 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Burton, Nelson Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Burton, Thomas William - 1860-1939 Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
200
Bush v. Kentucky Unassigned
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
400
Business topical essay Completed
2000
Busing Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Butler Ross, Tracey - b. 1966 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
300
Cabell, Aaron Hall - 1855-1915; George Clarence - b. 1860 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
400
Cabell, Delmo Bartell - 1895-1977; Newell Atwood - b. 1890; Roger W. "Doc" - 1893-1972 Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
400
Cadentown Completed
  • Communities
400
Caesar - 1758-1836 Completed
  • Military
  • Slavery
200
Calvary Baptist Church (Louisville) Completed
  • Religion
400
Camp Breckinridge Completed
  • Military
400
Camp Nelson Completed
  • Military
  • Slavery
400
Camp Nelson Refugee Camp Completed
  • Military
  • Slavery
400
Campbell, Israel S. - 1815-1898 Completed
  • Religion
  • Slavery
200
Campbell, Madison (Mat) - 1823-1896 Completed
  • Religion
  • Slavery
400
Canaan Missionary Baptist Church (Louisville) Completed
  • Religion
400
Capers, Eugenia (Jean) Murrell - b. 1913 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Carpenter, Oleona (Olie) Atkins - 1902-1993 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
200
Carroll, Alfred Milton - 1912-1966 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
  • Civil Rights
400
Carson, Julia May Porter - 1938-2007 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Carter, Leon John, III - 1944-1984 & Lillie Mae Bland Carter - 1919-1982 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Women
200
Casey, Dwane-b. 1957 Completed
  • Sports
200
Catholic Colored High School Completed
  • Education
400
Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans (CESKAA) Completed
  • Education
400
Central Colored/Mary D. Hill School Completed
  • Education
400
Central High School Magnet Career Academy Completed
  • Education
400
Chappell, Roy Martis - 1921-2002 Completed
  • Military
200
Chappell, Willa Beatrice Brown - 1906-1992 Completed
  • Business
  • Military
  • Women
200
Cheaney, Henry Ellis - 1912-2006 Completed
  • Education
  • Sports
400
Chenault, Marcus Wayne - 1951-1995 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Civil Rights
200
Cherokee State Park (Kentucky Lake)-1951 Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Chestnut Street YMCA/Knights of Pythias Completed
  • Education
  • Organizations
400
Childers, Lulu Vere - 1870-1946 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Childress, William - 1911-1993 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Chiles, J. Alexander - b. 1860 Assigned
  • Law & Government
200
Chinn, Julia - d. 1833 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
  • Women
200
Chittison, Herman - 1908-1967 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Christian, Chauncey L. - 1897-1991 Completed
  • Business
200
Church of Our Merciful Savior (Louisville) Completed
  • Religion
400
Civil Rights Act (1866) Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Civil Rights Act (1964) Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Civil Rights Act (1966) Completed
400
Civilian Conservation Corps (Mammoth Cave) Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Clair, Matthew Wesley - 1865 - 1943 Completed
  • Religion
200
Clark, Charles Henry - b.1855 Completed
  • Business
  • Religion
200
Clarke, Anna Mac - 1919-1944 Completed
  • Military
  • Women
400
Clarke, John Milton - 1820-1902 Completed
  • Slavery
300
Clarke, Lewis George - 1815-1897 Completed
  • Slavery
300
Clay v. The United States Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Clay-Ashland Completed
  • Communities
  • Slavery
400
Claybrook v. Owensboro Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Claysville (Bourbon Co) Completed
  • Communities
400
Clayton, Alonzo "Lonnie" - 1876-1917 Completed
  • Sports
200
Clayton, Denise M. Guess - b. 1952 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Clayton, Edward Taylor - 1921-1966 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Clayton, Eugene- 1895-1960 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Clement, Emma C. - 1874-1952 Assigned
  • Women
400
Clement, George Clinton - 1871-1935 Assigned
  • Religion
300
Clement, Rufus Early - 1900-1967 Completed
  • Education
200
Coe Ridge Completed
  • Communities
400
Coggs, Pauline Redmond - 1912-2005 Completed
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Women
200
Cole, I. Willis - 1887-1950 Completed
  • Business
400
Cole, William-1820-1881 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
400
Coleman, John H. - 1868-1943 Completed
  • Business
200
Coleman, Louis Henry, Jr.-1943-2008 Completed
  • Religion
  • Sports
  • Civil Rights
400
Coleman, William David - 1842-1908 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Coleman, William G. "Bill"-1904-1981 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Coletown (Fayette Co) Completed
  • Communities
400
Collins, Alfred "Sonny"-b.-1953 Assigned
  • Sports
400
Colored Citizens Protective League Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Colored Fairs Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Communities
  • Organizations
400
Colored Orphans' Home (Louisville)-1877-1908 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
500
Colored People's Union Benevolent Society of Lexington Completed
  • Organizations
500
Colored Soldiers Monument Completed
  • Cemeteries
  • Military
400
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jesse Ellis Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Congress of Racial Equality Assigned
  • Organizations
500
Conley, Nellie Crawford "Sul-te-Wan" - 1873-1959 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Conwill, Houston E. - b. 1947 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Cooksey, Solomon - 1833-1926 Assigned
  • Slavery
400
Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) Assigned
  • Education
500
Copeland, Mayme L. Brooks - 1883-1970 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
200
Corbin Riot (1919) Completed
  • Communities
400
Corinthian Baptist Church (Newport) Completed
  • Religion
400
Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Sr. - 1861-1949 and Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Jr. - 1895-1919 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
400
Cotton, John Adams - 1865-1943 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
200
Cowan, Brenda Denise - 1963-2004 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Cox, Wesley J. - b. 1955 Completed
  • Sports
400
Coxe, Gloucester Caliman - 1907-1999 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
300
Craft, Rebecca - 1887-1945 Completed
  • Women
  • Civil Rights
200
Crawfish Bottom Assigned
  • Communities
400
Crenshaw, Jesse - b.1946 Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Law & Government
400
Crosswhite, Adam - 1799-1878 Completed
  • Slavery
400
Crowdus, Reuben "Ernest Hogan" - 1865-1909 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Crumlin, James A., Sr. - 1914-2004 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Civil Rights
300
Cunningham, James C. - 1787-1877 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Cunningham, James R. - 1853-1943 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Slavery
400
Cunningham, Raoul 1943 Assigned
400
Curd, Kirksey L. - 1888-1967 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Daly, Richard Completed
  • Slavery
400
Daniel, Wilbur N. - 1918-1999 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
200
Daniels, C. Mackey - b. 1937 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
300
Danner, Margaret Essie - 1915-1984 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Darby, Theodore Roosevelt "Blind Teddy" - 1906-1975 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
David, George Franklin - 1862-1937 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
400
Davids, Tice - b. 18?? Completed
  • Slavery
200
Davidson, Shelby Jeames - 1868-1931 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Medicine & Science
200
Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Jr. - 1912 - 2002 Completed
  • Military
200
Davis, Betty (Bettie) Webb b. 1879 & Edward Benjamin - 1875-1934 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Davis, Van D., Jr. - 1929-1991 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Davis, William E. "Bunny"-1917-2001 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Sports
400
Davis, William Henry-b. 1872 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Medicine & Science
200
Davistown Completed
  • Communities
400
Dawson, Dermonti Farra - b. 1965 Assigned
  • Sports
400
Dawson, Osceola Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Day Law Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Dearing, J. Earl-1921-1969 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Delaney, Elizabeth B. Completed
  • Business
  • Women
400
Delaney, John W., Jr. "Jack" Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
200
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Completed
  • Organizations
  • Women
500
Deweese Street (Lexington) Completed
  • Business
  • Communities
400
Dickinson, Blanche Taylor - 1896-1972 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Dillard, William "Bill" Otis, Sr.-b. 1938 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Dils Cemetery Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Cemeteries
400
Dinwiddie, William Thomas - 1865-1928 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Dirt Bowl (Lexington & Louisville) Completed
  • Sports
400
Domestic Life and Accident Insurance Company Completed
  • Business
400
Domestic Workers Assigned
  • Women
400
Doneghy, Joseph Edmund - 1914-1993 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Doram, Catherine "Kitty" Completed
  • Business
  • Slavery
  • Women
200
Doram, Dennis, Jr. - 1796-1870 & Diademia - 1810-1883 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
  • Women
400
Doram, Thomas Madison - 1871-1941 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
300
Dougherty, Charles "Pat" Douglass - 1879-1940 Completed
  • Sports
200
Douglas, Laura - b. 1949 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Dowery, Robert L., Sr. - 1893 - 1952 Completed
  • Education
400
Drane, John Franklin - 1866-1931 Completed
  • Religion
400
Drury, Theodore - 1867-1943 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Dudley, Thomas Underwood - 1837-1904 Completed
  • Religion
400
Duffy, William M., Jr.-b. 1953 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Dunbar, Joshua - ca. 1822-1885 Completed
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  • Slavery
200
Dunbar, Matilda Murphy - 1848-1934 Completed
  • Slavery
  • Women
200
Duncan, La Val Todd - 1907-1979 Completed
  • Business
400
Duncan, Robert Todd - 1903-1998 Completed
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200
Dunham, Norman Earle - b. 1890 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Dunlap, Mollie Ernestine - 1898-1977 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
200
Dunnigan, Alice Allison - 1906-1983 Completed
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  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Dupee, George Washington - 1826-1897 Completed
  • Religion
  • Slavery
400
Durrett, Peter "Old Captain" - ca. 1733-1823 Completed
  • Religion
  • Slavery
200
Duvalle, Lucie N.-1868-1928 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Eastern Colored Branch Library (Louisville)-1914 Completed
  • Education
400
Eaves, Jerry Lee - b. 1959 Completed
  • Sports
200
Eckstein Norton Institute Completed
  • Education
400
Eclipse Hall Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
500
Ecton, George French - 1846-1929 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
200
Edison, Harry Edward "Sweets" - 1915-1999 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Education topical essay Completed
  • Education
2000
Elliott, Cynthia Elaine - b. 1958 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
300
Elliott, Willie Mae - 1917-2994 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Ellis, James "Jimmy" - b. 1940 Completed
  • Sports
200
Elmore, Ronn-b. 1957 Completed
  • Religion
200
Elsmere Completed
  • Communities
500
Ely Normal School Completed
  • Education
400
Elzy, Robert James - b. 1884 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
200
Emancipation Day Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Slavery
400
Emancipation Proclamation Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
400
Estill, Monk Completed
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200
Eubanks v. University of Kentucky Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Evans, Eugene - b. 1855 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
300
Evans, William Leonard, Jr. - 1914-2007 Completed
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  • Business
200
Evans, William Leonard, Sr. - 1883-1966 Completed
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200
Ewing, Thomas H. - 1856-1930 Completed
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200
Exodusters Completed
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400
Exum, William - 1910-1988 Completed
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  • Sports
200
Fairbank, Calvin - 1816-1898 Completed
  • Slavery
200
Farmington Historic Home Completed
  • Slavery
500
Farris, Elaine - b. 1955 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Farristown Assigned
  • Communities
400
Fedric, Francis - ca. 1805-ca. 1882 Completed
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  • Slavery
200
Fee, John Gregg Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Slavery
400
Ferrill, London - 1789?-1854 Completed
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200
Fifth Street Baptist Church (Louisville) Completed
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400
Figgs, Ukari Okien - b. 1977 Completed
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  • Women
400
Finn, Marvin - ca. 1913-2007 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Finney, Nikky - b. 1957 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Firmantown (Woodford Co) Completed
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400
First African Baptist Church (Lexington) Completed
  • Religion
  • Slavery
400
First Baptist Church (Clinton Street-Frankfort) Completed
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400
First Baptist Church (Covington) Completed
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400
First Standard Bank (Louisville) Completed
  • Business
400
Fisher, Isaac-b. 1871 and Lillie A. Sinkler-b. 1874 Completed
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Fisher, Mary Ann - 1923-2004 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
400
Fisher, Wallace - b. 1848 Completed
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  • Religion
400
Fitzbutler, Henry-1837-1901 Completed
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200
Fitzbutler, Sarah Helen McCurdy 18??-1922 Completed
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  • Women
200
Fontaine Ferry Park Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Communities
400
Foreman, Edgar Seward - 1866-1929 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Fort Hill Completed
  • Communities
400
Fort Spring (Fayette Co) Completed
  • Communities
400
Fouse, Elizabeth B. Cook "Lizzie"- 1875-1952 Completed
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  • Religion
  • Women
400
Fouse, William Henry - 1868-1944 Completed
  • Education
200
Francis, Lelia lles-1903-1999 Completed
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  • Women
  • Civil Rights
200
Frank, John H. - 1859 - 1941 Completed
  • Religion
400
Franklin D. Roosevelt Independent Voters League Completed
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400
Franklin Grade and High School Completed
  • Education
400
Franklin, Benjamin - 1849 - 1935 Completed
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  • Medicine & Science
400
Frederick Douglass Schools Completed
  • Education
400
Free Negro Farm (Meade County) - 1847-1931 Completed
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400
Freedmen's Bureau Completed
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  • Military
  • Slavery
500
Freedmen's Pleasure Garden Completed
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500
Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company Completed
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400
Freedmen's Schools Completed
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  • Slavery
400
Freemasons Completed
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400
Frye, Helen F. - b. 1919 Assigned
  • Education
  • Women
400
Frye, John Henry - 1875-1949 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Fuller Brothers Completed
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400
Gaddie, Daniel Abraham - 1833-1911 Completed
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400
Gaffney, Paul "Showtime" Completed
  • Sports
400
Gaines, Clarence "Big House" Edward, Sr. - 1923-2005 Completed
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200
Gaines, Harris Barnett - 1888-1964 Completed
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200
Gaines, Wallace Arkansas - 1865-1940 Completed
  • Business
200
Gaither, William-1910-1970 Completed
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200
Garner, Margaret - 1833-1856 Completed
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  • Women
400
Garrison-Corbin, Patricia - 1947-2009 Completed
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  • Women
200
Gaunt, Wheeling Completed
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400
Gay, Tyson-b. 1982 Completed
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200
General Association of Kentucky Baptists Assigned
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  • Religion
500
Gentry, George W. - ca. 1850 - 1919 Assigned
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  • Law & Government
200
Gex Landing Incident Completed
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  • Slavery
400
Gibbs, Clinton - 1891-1970 Completed
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200
Gibson, Clifford - 1901-1963 Completed
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200
Gibson, William H., Sr. - 1829-1906 Completed
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  • Law & Government
  • Organizations
200
Gilbert (Wilkerson), Artishia Garcia - 1868 - 1904 Completed
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  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
400
Gilliam, Sam - b. 1933 Completed
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200
Gilmore, Artis - b. 1949 Completed
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200
Givens, Jack "Goose" - b. 1956 Completed
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400
Glass, Edward W. - 1859 - 1941 Completed
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  • Law & Government
  • Organizations
400
Glass, James Garfield - 1882-1962 Completed
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400
Glass, Ora Kennedy - 1893 -1971 Completed
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  • Women
400
Gleason, Eliza Valeria Atkins - 1909-2009 Completed
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  • Women
200
Glover, James Monroe "Juicy" - b. 1931 Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Sports
200
Goodloe, Don Speed Smith - 1878-1959 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
200
Goodloetown Completed
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400
Goodwine, Pamela Reneé - b.1960 Completed
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  • Women
200
Gowens, Henry Lytle, Jr. - 1884-1953 Completed
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200
Grace Hope Presbyterian Church Completed
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400
Gragston, Arnold-1840-1938 Completed
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200
Graham, Derrick - b. 1958 Completed
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  • Law & Government
400
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Posts Completed
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200
Grant, Travis "The Machine" Completed
  • Sports
200
Gray, Leonard W. - 1942-2005 Completed
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400
Green Street Baptist Church (Louisville) Completed
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400
Green, Elisha Winfield - 1818-1893 Completed
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  • Slavery
400
Green, Emma Cason - 1884-1983 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Green, Harry S. - 1855-1922 Completed
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200
Green, Jacob D. - b. 1813 Completed
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200
Green, Jim - b. 1949 Completed
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400
Green, Nancy "Aunt Jemima" - 1834-1923 Completed
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  • Women
200
Greene, Horace Henry - 1907-1986 Completed
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400
Greenwood Cemetery (Owensboro)-1906-1976 Completed
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400
Grevious, Audrey Louise Ross - b. 1930 Completed
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  • Organizations
  • Women
  • Civil Rights
400
Griffey, Wolford - 1916-1982 Completed
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400
Griffith, Darrell Anthony - b. 1958 Completed
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400
Griffith, George A.-b. ca. 1841 Completed
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400
Griffytown Completed
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400
Groves, Junius George - 1859-1925 Completed
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200
Grubbs, Albert, Sr. - 1832-1901 Completed
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  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
200
Gunner, Byron - 1857 - 1922 Completed
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200
Gunner, Mary Frances-b.1894 Completed
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  • Organizations
  • Women
200
Guthrie, Robert Val - 1930 - 2005 Completed
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  • Medicine & Science
200
Gwynn, John Austin - 1857-1917 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Medicine & Science
200
Haggard, Charles - 1896-1986 Completed
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  • Medicine & Science
400
Hale v. Kentucky Completed
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400
Hall, George Edgar - 1889-1931 Completed
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  • Organizations
200
Hall, Henry Elliott - 1875-1944 Completed
  • Business
400
Hall, Lillian Hayden Childress - 1890-1958 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
200
Halliburton, Cecil Durelle -1900-1956 Completed
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200
Hamilton, Anthony "Tony" - abt 1869 - 1907 Completed
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200
Hamilton, Edward, Jr. - b. 1947 Completed
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400
Hammond, Joseph B. - 1916-1997 Completed
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400
Hampton, Kym Michelle - b. 1962 Completed
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  • Sports
  • Women
200
Hampton, Lionel Leo - 1908-2002 Completed
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200
Hampton, Peter George - 1871-1916 Completed
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200
Harbut, William Luther - 1885-1947 Completed
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400
Hardin, Boniface - 1933-2012 Completed
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  • Religion
  • Civil Rights
200
Hardin, William Jefferson - ca. 1830-1889 Completed
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200
Hargraves, William Frederick "Billy" Completed
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  • Military
200
Harlan, John Marshall-1833-1911 Completed
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400
Harlan, Robert James - b. ca. 1816 Completed
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  • Law & Government
  • Civil Rights
200
Harney, Benjamin Robertson "Ben"-1871-1938 Completed
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400
Harper, Nathaniel R. - 1846-1921 Completed
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400
Harris, Everett G. - 1867-1936 Completed
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300
Harris, Larnelle Steward - b. 1947 Completed
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400
Harris, Lawrence - 1879-1911 Completed
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  • Business
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400
Harris, Rachel Davis - 1869-1969? Completed
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  • Women
400
Harrison, Lisa Darlene - b. 1971 Completed
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200
Harrods Creek Completed
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400
Harrods Creek Baptist Church Completed
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400
Hart, Jack Completed
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200
Harvey, Wardelle Green, Sr. - b. 1926 Completed
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Haskins, Clem S.-b. 1943 Completed
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400
Hatch, John Wesley - b. 1928 Completed
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200
Hatcher, E. Porter - 1936-2012 Completed
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200
Hatchett, Hilliary Rice, Jr. - 1918-1985 Completed
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200
Hathaway, Isaac Scott - 1872-1967 Completed
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400
Hathaway, James Harris - ca. 1863 - ca. 1950 Completed
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400
Hathaway, James Shelton - 1859-1930 Completed
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400
Hathaway, John - abt. 1877-1905 Completed
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400
Hayden, Anderson "Andrew" - 1852 - 1911 Completed
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  • Slavery
400
Hayden, Lewis "Grant"- ca. 1811-1889 Completed
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200
Hayden, William - b. 1785 Completed
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300
Hayes, Clifford - 1895-1957 Completed
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400
Hayes, Edgar Junius - 1904-1979 Completed
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200
Hayes, Edythe Larsenia Jones - 1933-1999 Completed
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  • Women
400
Hayes, Roland Wiltsie-1887-1977 Completed
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200
Helem, Carl C. "Kingfish" - 1925-2001 Completed
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400
Helm, Marlene M. - b. 1949 Completed
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  • Women
300
Henderson Public Library - 1904-1954 Completed
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400
Henderson, Charles L. Completed
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400
Henderson, Dennis - 1896-1979 Completed
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200
Henderson, Erskine "Babe" - 1864-1913 Completed
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400
Henderson, Jennie Katherine Edominia-1900-1947 Completed
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  • Women
400
Henry Bain Sauce Completed
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400
Henson, Josiah - 1789-1883 Completed
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Herndon, James R. "Sweet Evening Breeze" - 1892 - 1983 Completed
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400
Hickman, Daniel - 1841-1917 Completed
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  • Religion
200
Higgins, Chester A., Jr. - b. 1946 Completed
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200
Higgins, Chester A., Sr. - 1917-2000 Completed
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300
Higgs, Kenny-b. 1955 Assigned
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400
Higgs, Mark-b. 1966 Assigned
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400
Hill, Carl McClellan - 1907-1995 Completed
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300
Hill, William H. - b. 1880 Completed
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400
Hines, Carl R. - b. 1931 Completed
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400
Hinton, Clarence David - 1916-2008 Completed
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  • Sports
200
Historic Pleasant Green Baptist Church (Lexington) Completed
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  • Slavery
400
Hodge, William J. - 1920-2000 Completed
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  • Civil Rights
300
Holland, James Phillips - 1934-1998 Completed
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200
Holmes, Helen Fairfax 1902-1995 Assigned
  • Education
  • Women
  • Civil Rights
200
hooks, bell (Gloria Jean Watkins) - b. 1955 Completed
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  • Women
400
Hooks, Julia Britton - 1852-1942 Completed
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  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Women
200
Hooper, Ernest Jackson - 1900 - 1983 Completed
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  • Sports
200
Hopkins, Telma - b. 1948 Completed
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200
Hopkinsville Globe Assigned
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400
Hopkinsville Male and Female College Completed
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400
Horner, Charles D. Completed
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200
Horner, Charles E. Completed
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200
Horton, John Benjamin - 1904 - 1997 Completed
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200
House of God, Inc. (Lexington) Assigned
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400
House, Tracy Jetton - b. 1965 Completed
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300
Houston, Allan Wade, Jr. - b. 1971 Assigned
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400
Houston, Allan Wade, Sr. - b. 1944 Completed
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300
Houston, Walter Scott, Jr. - 1918 - 1979 Completed
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  • Law & Government
  • Civil Rights
200
Houston, Walter Scott, Sr. - 1888 - 1927 Completed
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200
Howard, Benjamin Franklin Completed
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400
Howard, James Leonard -1942-2011 Completed
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  • Civil Rights
300
Howard, John Dalphin - 1869-1920 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
200
Howard, Theodore Roosevelt Mason - 1908-1977 Completed
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  • Medicine & Science
  • Civil Rights
200
Hudson, James Blaine - d. 2013 Unassigned
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400
Hudson, James E. - 1886 - 1964 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
400
Hueston, William Clarence, Sr. - b. 1880 Completed
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  • Sports
200
Hughes, Brenda Lee Garner - 1947-1986 Completed
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  • Women
400
Hughes, Green Percy Completed
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400
Hughes, Sammy T. - 1910-1981 Completed
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200
Humes, Helen - 1913-1981 Completed
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  • Women
300
Hummons, Henry L., Sr. - b. 1873 Completed
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200
Humphrey, William H. "Professor" Completed
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400
Hunter, Bush A. Completed
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400
Hunter, John E. Completed
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400
Hurd, "Babe" - 1867-1928 Completed
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200
Hutchinson, Conrad, Jr.- 1919-1996 Completed
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200
Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World Completed
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500
Interracial Hospital Movement (IHM) Completed
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400
Irvin, Theophilus, Jr. - 1915 - 2009 Completed
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400
Jackson Street Methodist Episcopal Church Completed
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400
Jackson, Abbie Clement Completed
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  • Women
300
Jackson, Andrew b. 1814 Completed
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400
Jackson, Blyden-1910-2000 Completed
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400
Jackson, Brenda Completed
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  • Women
400
Jackson, Dennis M. Completed
  • Sports
400
Jackson, Eliza Isabelle (Belle) Mitchell - 1848-1942 Completed
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  • Women
400
Jackson, Ida Joyce 1863-1888 Assigned
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200
Jackson, John Henry - 1850-1919 Completed
  • Education
400
Jackson, Jordan Carlisle, Jr. - 1848-1917 Completed
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  • Law & Government
400
Jackson, Lee Arthur-b. 1950 Completed
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400
Jackson, Luther P.-1892-1950 Completed
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200
Jackson, Reid E. - b. 1908 Completed
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200
Jacobson, Harriet Price Johnson - 1879-1961 Completed
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  • Education
  • Women
200
James, Grace Marilynn - 1923-1989 Completed
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  • Women
300
James, Thomas Completed
  • Religion
300
Jasmin, Ernest A. Completed
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300
Jay's Cafeteria Completed
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400
Jazz Completed
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400
Jefferson County Poorhouse Completed
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400
Jennings, Sam-1893-1932 Completed
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400
Jesse Happy Case Completed
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400
Jim Crow Completed
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400
John G. Fee Industrial High School Completed
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400
Johnson, Arthur Lloyd, Jr. Completed
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  • Sports
300
Johnson, Donald "Groundhog - b. 1926 Completed
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200
Johnson, George Anderson - b. 1890 Completed
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200
Johnson, Issac - 1844-1905 Completed
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200
Johnson, James Bartlett - 1830 - 1900 Completed
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  • Slavery
400
Johnson, John J. - b. 1945 Completed
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  • Civil Rights
300
Johnson, Laura "Dolly" - b. ca. 1852 Completed
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  • Women
200
Johnson, Louis Brown b. 1934 Completed
  • Sports
400
Johnson, Lyman Tefft - 1906-1997 Completed
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  • Organizations
300
Johnson, Thelma Banks-b. 1909 Completed
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  • Women
300
Johnson, Wendell Lucian, Sr. - b. 1897 Completed
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Religion
200
Johnson, William Decker "W. D." - b. 1860 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Law & Government
300
Johnson, Winnie "Big Winnie"-1839-1888 Completed
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  • Women
200
Jones v. Van Zandt (1847) Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Jones, Alberta Odell - 1930-1965 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
  • Civil Rights
400
Jones, Charles Edward - 1880-1947 Completed
  • Business
400
Jones, Della Mae Lewis - 1903-2009 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Jones, Eugene Kinkle - 1885-1954 Completed
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300
Jones, Frederick McKinley - 1893-1961 Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
  • Military
300
Jones, Gayl A. b.1949 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
400
Jones, Henry Wise, Sr. - 1873-1954 Completed
  • Religion
300
Jones, Margaret E. B.-1911-2000 Completed
  • Military
  • Women
200
Jones, Paul William Lawrence Completed
  • Education
  • Sports
400
Jones, Robert Elliott "Jonah" - 1909-2000 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Jones, Silas b. 1940 Completed
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200
Jones, Susie Pearl Williams - 1891 - 1984 Completed
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Religion
  • Women
200
Jones, Virginia Mae Lacy - 1912-1984 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
200
Jones, William A., Sr. - 1907-1968 Completed
  • Religion
300
Jones, William Augustus Jr. - 1934-2006 Completed
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200
Jones, Zackaria Keele Completed
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300
Jonesville (Bowling Green) Completed
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400
Jordan, Eleanor Franklin Allen - b. 1953 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Jug Bands Completed
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400
Justice, David Completed
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200
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Assigned
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400
Kaufman, Monica - b.1947 Completed
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  • Women
200
Kean, Henry Arthur - 1894-1955 Assigned
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200
Kean, William Lee "Bill" - 1899-1958 Completed
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400
Kelly, Adam David - 1860-1934 Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
400
Kelly, Jim b.1946 Completed
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  • Sports
200
Kendall, Joseph Nathaniel "Tarzan" - 1909-1965 Completed
  • Education
  • Sports
400
Kennedy, Paul Horace - b. 1848 d. 1921 Completed
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300
Kentucky Abolition Society Completed
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  • Slavery
400
Kentucky African American Heritage Commission Completed
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  • Organizations
500
Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education (KABHE)-1983 Completed
  • Education
400
Kentucky Association of Colored Women's Clubs Assigned
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Kentucky Bureau for Negro Affairs Completed
  • Organizations
400
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage Completed
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  • Organizations
400
Kentucky Christian Leadership Conference Completed
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  • Religion
  • Civil Rights
500
Kentucky Colonization Society Completed
  • Organizations
  • Slavery
500
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Kentucky Commission on Interracial Cooperation Assigned
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500
Kentucky Commission on Negro Affairs Completed
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400
Kentucky Council on Human Relations Completed
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400
Kentucky Derby Completed
  • Sports
400
Kentucky Medical Society of Negro Physicians and Dentists Assigned
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500
Kentucky Negro Education Association Completed
  • Education
  • Organizations
500
Kentucky Negro Educational Association Journal Completed
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  • Education
500
Kentucky Negro Farmers Conference Assigned
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500
Kentucky Negro Wrestling Completed
  • Sports
400
Kentucky State University Completed
  • Education
500
Kentucky v. Dennison (Gov. William)-1861 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Keys, Martha Jayne - 1892-1975 Completed
  • Religion
  • Women
400
Kidd, Minnie Mae Street - 1909-1999 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Kimbley, George - b. 1896 - d. 1996 Completed
  • Business
  • Organizations
200
King, Alfred Daniel William "A.D."-1930-1969 Completed
  • Religion
400
King, George N. - b. 1932 Completed
  • Business
400
Kirk, Andrew Dewey - 1898-1992 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Knight, David L. b. 1863 Completed
  • Business
400
Knight, Etheridge - 1931-1991 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Knox, Fermon Wendall - 1923-2001 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
200
Ku Klux Klan Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Lacy, Eugene F. - 1888-1965 Completed
  • Business
300
Laine, Henry Allen - 1869-1955 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
400
Laine, Joseph - 1881-1967 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Lampton, Edward Wilkinson - 1857-1910 Completed
  • Religion
200
Landrum, Stephen - 1846 - 1923 Completed
  • Business
400
Lane, William Leroy - 1897-1968 Completed
  • Religion
300
Lange, John, Jr. - 1840 - 1916 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
200
Lange, Laura J. Vance - 1880 - 1948 Completed
  • Religion
  • Women
400
Lanier, Shelby, Jr. 1936 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Organizations
400
Lawrence, Jesse H. Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Lawson, James R. - 1915-1996 Completed
  • Education
  • Medicine & Science
200
Lawson, Raymond Augustus - 1875-1959 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Lawson, William H. Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
  • Law & Government
400
Lee, James "Jimmy" - 1887-1915 Completed
  • Sports
200
Lee, Johnson C.-1904-1993 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Lee, Mary Smith Buford - 1898-1975 Completed
  • Education
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
200
Lewis, George Garrett - 1862-1880 Completed
  • Sports
400
Lewis, Isaac - b. 1867 or 1870 Completed
  • Sports
200
Lewis, Isham and Lillburne Completed
  • Slavery
400
Lewis, Julia Etta - 1932-1998 Completed
  • Organizations
  • Women
  • Civil Rights
400
Lewis, Lockwood - 1891-1953 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Lewis, Lyda - b. 1948 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Lewis, Oliver - 1856-1924 Completed
  • Sports
200
Lexington Colored Orphan and Industrial Home-1894-1968 Completed
  • Education
400
Lexington Hustlers Assigned
  • Sports
400
Lincoln Foundation Completed
  • Organizations
500
Lincoln Independent Party-1921 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Lincoln Institute Completed
  • Education
400
Lincoln-Grant School Completed
  • Education
400
Little Africa Completed
  • Communities
400
Little Georgetown (Fayette Co) Completed
  • Communities
400
Little, John - 1874-1948 Completed
  • Organizations
  • Religion
200
Littleton, Robert - 1850-1909 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Organizations
400
Livermore Lynching Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Locke-Mattox, Bernadette - b. 1958 Completed
  • Sports
  • Women
200
Locust Grove Plantation Completed
  • Slavery
400
Logan, George Leslie 1929- Completed
  • Education
400
Logan, Molly Completed
  • Slavery
  • Women
200
Louisville Central Law School Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Louisville Colored Musical Association Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Organizations
400
Louisville Defender Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
500
Louisville Leader Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
500
Louisville Municipal College Completed
  • Education
400
Louisville National Medical College Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Louisville Riot of 1968 Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Louisville Urban League Completed
  • Organizations
500
Love, Eleanor Young - b. 1922 Assigned
  • Education
  • Women
400
Lovett, Wilson Stephen - 1885-1951 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
200
Lunderman, Charles J., Jr.-b. 1922-1973 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Lyles, Leonard "Lenny" Everett - 1936 - 2011 Completed
  • Business
  • Sports
200
Lyric Theater (Lexington) Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Lytle, Henry Hopkins - 1802-1890 Completed
  • Religion
  • Slavery
200
Mack, Edgar L.-1930-1991 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
400
Mack, Essie Dortch - 1883-1940 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Maddoxtown Completed
  • Communities
400
Majozo, Estella Marie Conwill - b. 1949 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Women
300
Malone, Robert Emmick - 1889 - 1949 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
200
Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company Completed
  • Business
500
Marable, Fate-1890-1947 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
March on Frankfort (1964) Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Marrs, Elijah P. - 1840-1910 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Slavery
400
Marshall, Harriet ("Hattie") Gibbs Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Women
200
Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast (Lexington) Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Martin, Cornelius A. In progress
  • Business
400
Martin, Fletcher P. Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Military
200
Martin, Janice Reed-b. 1956 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Martin, Joe Elsby-1916-1996 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Sports
400
Martin, Sarah - 1884-1955 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Martin, William Henry, Jr. Completed
  • Business
400
Mashburn, Jamal Assigned
  • Sports
200
Massie, John Daniel Frank - 1900 - 1977 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Masterson, E. I. Completed
  • Business
200
Mathews, Courtney - 1868 - 1940 Completed
  • Sports
400
Mathis, Howitt Conway Completed
  • Education
400
Maupin, Millburn Taylor 1926-1990 Completed
  • Education
400
May-Miller, Zephra - 1943-2004 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
400
Maysville Colonization Society Completed
  • Organizations
  • Slavery
200
McAfee, Alonzo B. - 1872 - 1919 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Organizations
400
McAlpin, Harry S. - 1906-1985 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Civil Rights
300
McAnulty, William E., Jr. Completed
  • Law & Government
400
McCann, Les - b.1935 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
McClain, Richard Pollard Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Medicine & Science
200
McClellan, George Marion (1860-1934) Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
300
McCurine, James "Big Stick" - 1921-2002 Completed
  • Sports
200
McDaniels, Jim - b.1948 Completed
  • Sports
200
McDowell, Cyrus R. - b.1864 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
200
McFarland, Richard Lawrence (R. L.) - 1917 - 2002 & Ruby Taylor - b. 1920 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
  • Women
400
McFatridge, James Morgan - 1914 - 2000 Completed
  • Military
200
McGill, Charlotte S. and Hughes Assigned
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
McKinley, John Jordan Crittenden - 1852 - 1912 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
400
McLeod, John C. - 1877-1962 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
300
McRidley, Wendell H. Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
McWhorter, "Free Frank" Completed
  • Business
  • Slavery
300
Meredith v. Jefferson County (KY) Board of Education Completed
  • Education
400
Meriwether, Jesse - 1812-1892 Completed
  • Organizations
200
Merritt, John Ayers - 1927-1983 Completed
  • Sports
200
Merritt, Mary Eliza - 1881-1953 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
400
Merriwether, Clayborn W. - 1874-1952 Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Meyzeek, Albert Ernest - 1872-1963 Completed
  • Education
300
Midnight Star-1976 Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Miles, Henry - 1905-1984 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Miles, Juliet - d. 1861 Completed
  • Slavery
  • Women
400
Miles, William Henry - 1828-1892 Assigned
  • Religion
400
Miller, Della Bridges, 1886-1946 Assigned
  • Religion
  • Women
200
Miller, Raymond "Junior" - b. 1927-2004 Completed
  • Sports
200
Miller, Rohena - b. 1961 Completed
  • Business
  • Women
400
Minnifield, Frank-b. 1960 Completed
  • Sports
200
Minstrelsy Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Mitchell, Robert - 1861-1926 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
200
Model-Evans Pharmacy Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
400
Monday, Suzanna Assigned
  • Slavery
  • Women
400
Monroe, C.C. Assigned
  • Law & Government
400
Monroe, James - d.1875 Completed
  • Religion
400
Moonglows Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Moore, Kidd Leon "K. L.", Jr. - 1923-2006 Completed
  • Religion
300
Moore, Mary A. - b. 17?? Assigned
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
200
Moorer, Oliver D. Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Law & Government
200
Moorman, Marnel C. - 1943-1994 Completed
  • Education
400
Morgan, Garrett Augusta - 1877-1963 Completed
  • Business
400
Morris, Edward Hezekiah - 1858-1943 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Morris, Horace - b. 1832-1897 Completed
  • Business
400
Morris, Lois Walker - 1919-1989 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
300
Morris, William Richard - b. 1859; d. 1929 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
200
Morton-Finney, John - 1889-1998 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Military
200
Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church Completed
  • Religion
400
Mountain Island Completed
  • Communities
500
Moxley, Frank O. - b. 1908-2004 Completed
  • Education
400
Mt. Moriah Cemetery (Bowling Green) Completed
  • Cemeteries
400
Muhammad, LaMaughn and Patricia K. Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
400
Mullins, Pamela E. Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Mundy, James A. - 1886-1978 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Mundy, Shawn Maurice Assigned
  • Law & Government
400
Murphy, Donna L.-b. 1958 Assigned
  • Sports
  • Women
400
Murphy, Isaac Burns - 1861-1896 Completed
  • Sports
400
My Old Kentucky Home Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Slavery
400
Nappy Roots Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
National Association for the Advancment of Colored People Assigned
  • Organizations
500
National Underground Railroad Museum, Maysville Completed
  • Slavery
400
National Urban League Completed
  • Organizations
200
Neal, Gerald A. - b. 1945 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Neal, Sterling Orlando, Sr. - 1918-1997 Completed
  • Organizations
  • Civil Rights
400
Neblett, Reginald - 1900-1978 & Hattie L. Neblett - 1903-1993 Completed
  • Communities
  • Medicine & Science
  • Organizations
400
Negro Republican Party Assigned
  • Law & Government
500
Nelson, William Stuart -1895-1977 Completed
  • Education
200
New Zion (Scott Co) Completed
  • Communities
400
Nichols, George, III - b. 1960 Completed
  • Business
300
Nicodemus Company Completed
  • Communities
400
Nicodemus, Kansas Completed
  • Communities
400
Ninth Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Covington) Completed
  • Religion
400
Non-Partisan Registration Committee Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Northern Kentucky African American Task Force Completed
  • Organizations
500
Northington, Nat - b. 1948? Completed
  • Sports
400
Notable Kentucky African Americans Database Completed
  • Education
400
Nothing-New-for-Easter Boycott - 1961 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Civil Rights
400
Nugent, Georgia Anne - 1873-1940 & Alice Emma - ca. 1875-1971 Completed
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Nurse, John Robert - 1899-1964 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Ohio River Recreation Completed
  • Communities
400
Oldham, Samuel Completed
  • Slavery
400
Our Savior Catholic Church (Covington) Completed
  • Religion
400
Overton, Will Alfred "Monk" - abt 1867-1935 Completed
  • Sports
200
Owens, Darryl T. - b. 1937 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Owsley, Donald Edward - 1930-1999 Completed
  • Communities
  • Organizations
  • Civil Rights
400
Oxmoor Plantation Completed
  • Slavery
400
Page, Greg - 1948-1967 Assigned
  • Sports
200
Page, Theodore R.-1903-1984 Completed
  • Sports
200
Palmer, Zirl A. - 1919-1982 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
200
Park Duvalle Completed
  • Communities
400
Parker, John P.-1827-1900 Completed
  • Slavery
200
Parker, William C.-1925-2008 Completed
  • Education
200
Parkland Completed
  • Communities
400
Parks, Suzan-Lori-b. 1963 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Parrish, Charles Henry, Jr. - 1899-1989 Completed
  • Education
400
Parrish, Charles Henry, Sr. - 1859-1931 Completed
  • Education
400
Parrish, Mary Virginia Cook - 1863-1945 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Passmore, Norman L., Jr. Completed
  • Education
  • Sports
400
Paul Laurence Dunbar High Schools Completed
  • Education
400
Payne, Gary Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Payne, William Herman - 1943-1970 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Organizations
200
Peeples, Porter G.-b. 1947 Completed
  • Organizations
400
Pendleton, Clarence M., Jr.-1930-1988 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Perkins, Christopher Wallace, Sr. - 1915-1998 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Perkins, Constantine, Jr. - 1870-1942 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Law & Government
200
Perkins, James Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Perkins, James "Soup" - 1880-1911 Completed
  • Sports
400
Perkins, Joseph P., Jr. - 1933-1976 Completed
  • Civil Rights
300
Perkins, William "Will" - 1875-1927 Completed
  • Sports
400
Perry, Julia A. - 1924-1979 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Perry, William Henry, Sr. Assigned
  • Medicine & Science
300
Peters, Amo Lucille Powell - b. 1912 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
400
Peterson, Roy Completed
  • Education
200
Peyton, Athrolene Mary - 1880 - 1951 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
400
Peytontown Completed
  • Communities
400
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Assigned
  • Organizations
500
Phillips, Joseph, Jr. "Joker" - b. 1963 Assigned
  • Sports
400
Phillis Wheatley YWCA Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Women
500
Plato, Samuel M. 1882-1957 Completed
  • Business
200
Plessy v. Ferguson Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ (Louisville) Completed
  • Religion
400
Polk Infirmary - 1921 - 1953 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Pompey - b. 17?? Completed
  • Slavery
200
Porter, Arthur D., Sr. - 1877-1942 Completed
  • Business
400
Porter, James Rice - c. 1870-1943 Completed
  • Business
  • Sports
300
Porter, Ora Frances - 1879-1970 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Porter, Otho Dandrith - 1864-1936 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Porter, Woodford R., Sr. Completed
  • Business
  • Education
400
Porterfield, Rosella French - 1918-2004 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Postel, Peter - 1841 - 1901 Completed
  • Business
  • Slavery
200
Poston, Ersa Hines - b. 1921 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Poston, Robert and Ulysses Assigned
  • Business
200
Poston, Theodore Roosevelt Augustus Major - 1906-1974 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Potter, Mary Etta Completed
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
400
Powell, Ruth Marie (Davidson) - 1912 - 2000 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Women
200
Powers, Georgia Montgomery Davis - b. 1923 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Pralltown Completed
  • Communities
400
Prewitt, Clifton Blackburn - b. 1826 Completed
  • Slavery
400
Price, Jacob 1839-1923 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Slavery
400
Price-Cordery, Barbara - 1948-2002 Assigned
  • Women
400
Priest, James M. - 1816 - 1883 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
  • Slavery
200
Progressive Building and Loan Association Completed
  • Business
300
Pruitt, Earle Elias - 1903 - 1959 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Pryor, Margaret-1845-1910 Completed
  • Slavery
  • Women
400
Purce, Charles L. - b. 1856 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
200
Quillings, Charles Hardin 1920 - 2011 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church (Louisville) Completed
  • Religion
400
R. Fox v. Central Passenger Railway Company Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Civil Rights
500
Rabb, Maurice F., Jr. - b. 1932 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Racial Violence Assigned
  • Communities
  • Law & Government
400
Ragtime Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Rambler Assigned
  • Business
200
Ramsey, Arthur, Sr.-1922-1985 Completed
  • Sports
200
Ramsey, Derrick Kent- b. 1956 Completed
  • Sports
200
Randolph, James E. Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Rankin v. Lydia Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
200
Rawlings, Simon Peter - 1914 - 1991 Completed
  • Religion
400
Ray, Joseph "Joie," Jr. - 1923-2007 Completed
  • Sports
200
Reconstruction Completed
  • Communities
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Military
  • Organizations
  • Religion
  • Slavery
500
Red Cross Hospital (Louisville) Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Reed, Steven S.-b. 1962 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Reed, William B. "Chief" - 1912-1996 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Reid, Barney Ford, Jr. Completed
  • Education
  • Military
  • Religion
200
Reynolds, Louise Elliott "Mattie" - 1916-1995 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
300
Rhea, La Julia - 1908-1992 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Rice, Richard Anderson - b. 1886 Assigned
  • Law & Government
  • Medicine & Science
200
Richmond Enquirer Assigned
  • Business
200
Rippleton, Washington - 1842-1911 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
400
Roach, Sanford T. - 1916-2010 Completed
  • Sports
400
Robb, Jackson Kenney - 1910 - 1977 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
400
Robb, Thomas Kenney-1862-1932 & Mary Etta Jackson-1870-1972 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Robinson, James Hathaway - 1888 - 1963 Completed
  • Education
200
Robinson, Samuel - b. 1935 Completed
  • Education
200
Roots and Heritage Festival (Lexington) Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Rosenwald Schools Completed
  • Education
400
Ross, Gerald D. Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Ross, J. Allen - b. ca. 1847 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Ross, William Henry - b. 1867 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Rowan Family Completed
  • Slavery
400
Rudd, Daniel - 1854-1933 Completed
  • Religion
200
Russell Neighborhood Completed
  • Communities
400
Russell, Alfred F. - 1821?-1884 Completed
  • Slavery
200
Russell, Green Pinckney - 1863-1936 Completed
  • Education
400
Russell, Harvey Clarence, Jr. - 1918 - 1998 Completed
  • Business
  • Military
200
Russell, Harvey Clarence, Sr. -1883-1949 Completed
  • Education
400
Saffell, Daisy Morgan-1875-1918 & George William-1873-1953 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Sales, Mary Elizabeth Ann - b. 1892 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
200
Sample, Prince Albert - b. 1878 Completed
  • Business
  • Organizations
200
Sanders, Henry Lighter - 1852-1939 Completed
  • Business
200
Sandusky, Annie Lee - 1900-1976 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Sansbury, Louis - 1807-1861 Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
  • Slavery
400
Scott and Howard v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Unassigned
  • Law & Government
400
Scott, Isaiah Benjamin - 1854-1931 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
200
Scroggins, Henry - b. 1841 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Civil Rights
400
Seal, Catherine - 1874 - 1930 Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Religion
  • Women
200
Seal, Dennis Completed
  • Business
400
Sebree, Charles E. 1914-1985 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Second Baptist Church (Mayslick) Completed
  • Religion
400
Second Baptist Church (Newport) Assigned
  • Religion
400
Separate Coach Law Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Seymour, William-1843-1920 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
200
Shake Rag Completed
  • Communities
300
Shanks, Irvine Lee, 1931-2004 Assigned
  • Sports
200
Shannon, John W. - b. 1933 Completed
  • Military
200
Shaw, Thomas - 1846-1895 Completed
  • Military
200
Shawnee Completed
  • Communities
400
Shelby, John T., b. 1958 Assigned
  • Sports
200
Sheppard William H.-1865-1927 Completed
  • Religion
  • Slavery
200
Shimfessel, Alice Thornton, 1901-1983 Completed
  • Women
400
Shobe, Benjamin F. - b. 1921? Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Shockley, Ann Allen - b. 1927 Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Shotgun Houses Completed
  • Communities
400
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Assigned
  • Organizations
500
Simmons University Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
400
Simmons, William Joseph - 1849-1890 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
400
Simms, James Nelson - b. 1871 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
200
Simms, William "Willie" - 1880-1927 Completed
  • Sports
200
Simpson, Abram L. - 1894-1955 Completed
  • Education
  • Military
200
Simpson, Arnold R. - b. 1952 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Simpson, James, Jr. - 1928-1999 Assigned
  • Law & Government
400
Simpson, Peter - b. 1844 Assigned
  • Business
  • Education
400
Simpsonville Slaughter - 1865 Completed
  • Military
500
Sisney, Ricardo - b. 1939 Completed
  • Education
400
Sisters of Loretto Unassigned
  • Organizations
  • Religion
  • Women
400
Sisters of the Mysterious Ten Completed
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Sit-In Demonstrations Assigned
  • Law & Government
400
Slaughter, Elizabeth B. Assigned
  • Business
  • Women
400
Slaughter, Henry Proctor- 1875-1958 Completed
  • Business
400
Slave Laws Completed
  • Slavery
400
Slave Nonimportation Law Completed
  • Slavery
500
Slave Patrol Assigned
  • Slavery
400
Slave Trade Completed
  • Slavery
400
Slavery--The Kentucky Raid Completed
  • Slavery
500
Sleet, Anne - b. 1931 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
400
Sleet, Moneta J., Jr. - 1926-1996 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Sleettown Completed
  • Communities
200
Smith, Andrew Jackson 1843-1932 Completed
  • Military
  • Slavery
400
Smith, Effie Waller - 1879-1960 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
400
Smith, James E. - 1883-1969 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Smith, Joshua I. - b. 1941 Completed
  • Business
200
Smith, Lucy Harth - 1884-1955 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
300
Smith, Lucy Wilmot - b. 1861 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Smith, Marvin Pentz - 1910-2003 & Morgan Sparks - 1910-1993 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Smith, Mary Levi -b. 1936 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
300
Smith, Mary Victoria Cunningham-1842-1919 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
  • Civil Rights
400
Smith, Orlando "Tubby" - b.1951 Completed
  • Sports
200
Smith, Robert W. - b. 1923 Completed
  • Business
300
Smith, S. E. - b. 1860 d. 1907 Completed
  • Religion
400
Smith, Sam-b. 1944 Assigned
  • Sports
200
Smith, Vera - 1889-1966 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Smith-Hyatt, Mary Elizabeth Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
200
Smoketown Completed
  • Communities
400
Sneed, Lavinia B. Assigned
  • Women
200
Snow, Willie - b. ? - d. 2011 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Snowden, Leanna C. b. 1898 Assigned
  • Education
  • Women
400
Southgate Street School (Newport)-1886 Assigned
  • Education
400
Spaulding, Jane Morrow - 1900-1967 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Spencer, Benjamin F.-b. 1854 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
400
Spencer, Loretta C. Bacon - b. 1902 Assigned
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Women
400
Spencer, Mike Completed
  • Sports
400
Spradling, Mary Elizabeth Mace - 1911-2009 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Spradling, Washington, Sr. - 1805-1868 Completed
  • Business
400
Spradling, William Wallace - 1866-1940 Assigned
  • Business
400
St. Augustine Catholic Church & School for Negroes (Louisville)-1870 Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
400
St. James AME Church (Covington) Completed
  • Religion
400
St. Julien, Marlon - b. 1972 Assigned
  • Sports
200
St. Marks Episcopal Church Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
400
St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Lexington) Completed
  • Religion
400
St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Newport) Assigned
  • Religion
400
St. Paul United Methodist Church (Paris) Completed
  • Religion
400
Stanley, Frank L. Jr. - 1937 - 2007 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
  • Civil Rights
400
Stanley, Frank L. Sr. - 1906-1974 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Steed, Maggie Completed
  • Business
  • Women
300
Steve Crosby v. Edmund "Kid" Rucker-1897 Assigned
  • Sports
400
Stevenson, Willie Belle - b. 1904 Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Steward, Mamie E. Lee - 1858-1931 Assigned
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Women
400
Steward, William Henry - 1847-1935 Completed
  • Religion
400
Stewart, Charles - b. 1869 Completed
  • Business
  • Religion
400
Stewart, Fannie B. Caldwell - 1877 - 1957 Completed
  • Business
  • Women
200
Still, Art Completed
  • Sports
200
Still, Valerie - b. 1961 Assigned
  • Sports
  • Women
200
Stitch, Rudell Completed
  • Sports
400
Stocks, James "Jim" Richard, Jr. - b. 1948 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Organizations
  • Sports
200
Stone, George-b. 1946 Completed
  • Sports
200
Stone, James "Colie" Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Sports
200
Stout, Louis - 1939-2012 Completed
  • Sports
400
Stoval, John "Kid" - 1864-1900 Completed
  • Sports
200
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Completed
  • Slavery
  • Women
400
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Museum Completed
  • Slavery
200
Stowers, Walter Haslip - 1859-1932 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
200
Strader v. Graham-1850 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Stradford, John the Baptist "J.B."-1861-1935 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
  • Slavery
200
Straws, David - 1799-1872 Completed
  • Business
  • Slavery
200
Strider, Maurice 1913-1991 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
400
Stubblefield, Mickey "Mayfield Moundsman" - b. 1926 Completed
  • Sports
200
Stumm, Chasteen C. - b. 1848 Completed
  • Business
  • Religion
200
Sublett, John W. "Bubbles" - 1902-1986 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Sudduth, Horace - 1888-1957 Completed
  • Business
200
Sul-te-Wan, Mme. Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Sullivan, Tony (Incident) Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Summers, Jane Roberta Whatley - 1895-1992 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Summers, William E. III - 1918-1986 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
200
Sweeney, Pruitt Owsley - b. 1893 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Swope, William Assigned
  • Law & Government
400
Sykes, Harry N. - 1927 - 2012 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Sports
300
Tandy, Henry A. - 1865-1918 Completed
  • Business
200
Tandy, Opal L. - 1917-1983 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
200
Tandy, Vertner W. Sr. - 1885-1950 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Military
200
Taylor, Asa Completed
  • Religion
400
Taylor, Bartlett - b. 1815 d. 1901 Completed
  • Business
  • Religion
400
Taylor, J.H. - 1838 - ca. 1900 Completed
  • Business
200
Taylor, Marshall William 1846-1887 Completed
  • Religion
400
Tevis, Elizabeth "Eliza" Curtis Hundley 1802-1880? Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
400
Thacker, Thomas - b. 1939 Completed
  • Sports
200
Thomas, Clinton - b. 1896 Completed
  • Sports
200
Thomas, Regena L. Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Thompson, Dinnie D. - 1857-1939 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Thompson, Lucia E. - b. 1897 Completed
  • Education
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
200
Thompson, Robert L. (Bob) - 1937-1966 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Timberlake, Clarence L. Completed
  • Education
400
Tinsley, George William, Sr.-b. 1946 and Seretha Summers Tinsley-b. 1949 Completed
  • Business
  • Communities
  • Sports
  • Women
400
Tools, Robert-1942-2001 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Travis, Oneth Morview, Jr. - 1895-1991 Completed
  • Business
  • Education
400
Tribble, Andrew-1879-1935 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Tucker, Amelia Moore - 1908 - 1987 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Tucker, Charles Ewbank - 1896-1976 Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Religion
300
Turner, William H. Assigned
  • Appalachia
  • Education
400
Tuskegee Airmen Completed
  • Military
500
Twyman, Luska J. - 1913-1988 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Uncle Tom's Cabin Completed
  • Slavery
500
Underground Railroad Assigned
  • Slavery
400
Underwood, Edward Ellsworth. 1864-1942 Completed
  • Education
  • Medicine & Science
300
Union Cycle Club of Louisville Completed
  • Organizations
  • Sports
400
United Brothers of Friendship Completed
  • Organizations
500
Unseld, Westley - b. 1946 Completed
  • Sports
200
Uppertown (Paducah) Assigned
  • Communities
400
Van Lowe, Theda Assigned
  • Education
  • Women
200
Van Zandt, John Completed
  • Slavery
400
Vaughn, C. C. Completed
  • Education
  • Religion
300
Vinegar, Theodore Roosevelt "Teddy" - 1909 - 2001 Completed
  • Business
300
Wade, Helen Cary Caise - b. 1939 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
200
Wade-Braden Affair Completed
  • Law & Government
500
Walker, Frank X Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
400
Walker, Kenny Completed
  • Sports
200
Walker, Melvin Waddell, Major - 1909-1995 Completed
  • Education
  • Military
200
Walker, Renelda Ann Meeks Higgins - b. ca. 1950 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Walker, William "Billy" - 1860-1933 Completed
  • Sports
400
Walls, Murray B. Atkins - 1899-1993 Assigned
  • Education
  • Women
300
Walnut Street African American Businesses Completed
  • Business
500
Walters, Alexander 1858-1917 Completed
  • Religion
200
Walters, Arthur M. - 1918 - 2010 Completed
  • Organizations
400
Ward, William-d. 1918 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Warders, Jesse P. - 1917 - 1981 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Waring, Mary Fitzbutler Completed
  • Medicine & Science
  • Women
200
Warley, William - 1884-1946 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Warner, Andrew Jackson - b.1850 Completed
  • Religion
200
Warren, Mark Edward, III - 1938-1999 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Washington, Edith Stubblefield-1948 Assigned
  • Business
  • Women
200
Washington, Ford L. "Buck" 1903-1955 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Watch Night Assigned
  • Religion
  • Slavery
400
Watkins, Luevenia - b. 1934 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Watkins, Simon J.-1861-1948 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
300
Watts, Beverly Completed
  • Organizations
  • Women
300
Watts, Cato - b. 17?? Completed
  • Slavery
200
Wayman Institute Completed
  • Education
500
Weaver, Sylvester 1897-1960 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Webb, William-b. 1836 Completed
  • Slavery
200
Webster, Delia Ann 1817-1876 Completed
  • Slavery
  • Women
200
Weeden, Henry Clay - 1862-1937 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Organizations
400
Wells, William "Dicky" - 1907 - 1985 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Wendell, Thomas T. - 1877-1953 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Wesley, Charles H. - 1891-1987 Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
  • Religion
300
West Kentucky Industrial Institute Completed
  • Education
500
West, Millard - b. 1943 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Western Colored Branch Library (Louisville)-1905 Completed
  • Education
400
Wheat, DeJuan Assigned
  • Sports
400
White Hall State Historic Site Assigned
  • Slavery
400
White, Clarence Cameron - 1880-1960 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
White, Samuel L. Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Whiteside, Birdie L. - b. 1911- Assigned
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Religion
  • Women
200
Whitman, Albery Allson - 1851-1901 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Whitney, Davey L. - b. 1930 Completed
  • Sports
200
Whitney, Emma Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Whitney, Francis E.-b. 1916, d. 2006 Completed
  • Business
  • Law & Government
400
Wilkinson, Crystal - b. 1962 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
300
Wilkinson, Doris Assigned
  • Education
  • Women
300
Will Lockett Riot Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Williams, Aubrey Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Law & Government
400
Williams, Earle - b. 1885 Completed
  • Medicine & Science
200
Williams, Frances Harriett Completed
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Williams, Georgia Cleopatra - 1909 - 1946 Completed
  • Business
  • Women
300
Williams, Henry H. - 1790?-1850 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Slavery
400
Williams, Kermit Completed
  • Sports
200
Williams, Margaret Yeager Assigned
  • Education
  • Religion
  • Women
400
Williams, Stanley R. "Fess" - 1894 - 1975 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
200
Williams, Worthy - 1922 - 1989 Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Law & Government
400
Williamson, Ansel Completed
  • Slavery
  • Sports
200
Willis, Edward D. - 1870-1930 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Sports
200
Willis, Lucas B. - 1874 - 1930 Completed
  • Business
  • Organizations
200
Wilson, Atwood S. - 1895-1967 Completed
  • Education
200
Wilson, Clarence "Cave," Sr. - 1926-1996 Assigned
  • Sports
200
Wilson, Cornelius-1890-1919 Completed
  • Law & Government
200
Wilson, Edith Goodall - 1896-1981 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Wilson, Ellis - 1899-1977 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Wilson, George W., Sr.-1943-2005 Completed
  • Law & Government
400
Winkfield, Jimmy "Wink" - 1882-1974 Completed
  • Sports
200
Winnie A. Scott Memorial Hospital (Frankfort) Completed
  • Medicine & Science
400
Woman Suffrage Assigned
  • Law & Government
  • Women
400
Women topical essay Assigned
2000
Wood, Francis Marion - 1878-1943 Completed
  • Education
200
Wood, Ione E. Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Woods, Brent - 1855 - 1906 Completed
  • Military
200
Woods, Granville T. - 1856-1910 Completed
  • Business
  • Medicine & Science
200
Woodson, Carter G. 1875-1950 Completed
  • Appalachia
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Education
300
Wright, James L.-1918-1999 Completed
  • Organizations
  • Civil Rights
400
Wright, W. H. - Completed
  • Business
200
Yarbrough, Marilyn Virginia - 1945 - 2004 Completed
  • Education
  • Law & Government
  • Women
200
Yokley, Raytha L. Completed
  • Education
400
York - abt. 1770-1775 - 1832 Completed
  • Slavery
200
Young Women's Christian Association Assigned
  • Organizations
  • Women
400
Young, Charles Denton - 1864-1922 Completed
  • Military
200
Young, Julia Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Business
  • Women
400
Young, Laura R. 1896-1962 Completed
  • Education
  • Women
400
Young, Margaret Buckner - 1922 - 2009 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
  • Women
200
Young, Whitney Moore, Jr. -1921-1971 Completed
  • Organizations
200
Young, Whitney Moore, Sr. - 1897-1975 Completed
  • Education
400
Young, William "Billy" - 1860-1914 Completed
  • Arts & Literature, Culture
400
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Assigned
  • Organizations
  • Women
500
Zion Hill (Scott County) Completed
  • Communities
400