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A Coup in America

January 16, 2021 thekaintuckeean

I’ve had the opportunity to visit the Port City – Wilmington, North Carolina – several times over the past few…

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Posted in: No Destination Filed under: African American, North Carolina, outofstate, Wilmington

George Floyd and Will Lockett

June 5, 2020 thekaintuckeean 3 Comments

Throughout our nation, protestors are righteously standing up to police overreach and brutality. Protestors gather in remembrance of the many…

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Posted in: Books Filed under: African American, Geneva Hardman, GenevaHardmanBook

George Kinkead House is Home to Living Arts & Science Center

February 22, 2017 thekaintuckeean

Architect’s Rendering. LASC.  At 362 North Walnut Street stands the old antebellum mansion historically known as the George B. Kinkead…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, BGT, BGTdeTours, Fayette, Fayette County

The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away

November 9, 2015 thekaintuckeean

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church is located at the northeast corner of Jefferson and Fourth streets in Lexington’s Northside neighborhood.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, churches, Demolition Watch, Fayette

A Review of The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia

August 25, 2015 thekaintuckeean

Over 150 writers contributed to The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia which is being published this month by the University Press…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, bookreview, UniversityPress

Gallery Hop on the Architectural Heritage of African Americans in Lexington

July 15, 2015 thekaintuckeean

Jonathan Miller’s “On Your Own” Will Launch on Friday. BGT. Small African-American hamlets like Kinkeadtown and Cadentown used to dot…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, BGT, Fayette

Celebrating Juneteenth: 150 Years Since Emancipation

June 18, 2015 thekaintuckeean

 African Cemetery No. 2. On June 19th, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas. With them, came news of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Civil War, Fayette

Finding and Discovering Eddie Street

May 7, 2015 thekaintuckeean

I saw that a demolition permit had been issued for another shotgun house. This one is on Eddie Street and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: African American, Demolition Watch, Fayette

First African Baptist Church: A Historic Structure, a Historic Faith, and a Determined Future

September 3, 2013 thekaintuckeean

First African Baptist Church at Short & DeWeese  – Lexington, Ky. At the southwest corner of East Short and DeWeese…

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Posted in: Tours, Uncategorized Filed under: African American, BGT, BGTdeTours, churches, deTour, Fayette

Last Week’s #ThrowbackThursday a Clue to this Week’s Blue Grass Trust deTour of First African Baptist Church

August 6, 2013 thekaintuckeean

Last Week’s #TBT Photo The Streetsweeper successfully guessed that a connection might lie between last week’s #TBT post and this…

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Posted in: Tours, Uncategorized Filed under: African American, BGT, BGTdeTours, deTour, Fayette, ThrowBackThursday

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