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Eugenia "Jean" Murrell Capers, a native of Georgetown, Kentucky, was the first African American assistant police prosecutor in Cleveland, Ohio, and first African American city council person of any major U. S. city.

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Kleber, John E., ed. The Encyclopedia of Louisville. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001.

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Tenkotte, Paul A. and James C. Claypool. The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky: Bridging the Past with the Present. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, forthcoming.

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A 1915 photographic portrait of the Thomas and Elsie Dibbrell family in Whitley County, Ky. Courtesy of Karen Cotton McDaniel © 2005

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St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Lexington, Kentucky

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Kentucky black union soldier dressed in his re-enactor's uniform

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Kentucky African American historical marker