There are more notable African Americans with Kentucky roots and ties than any one person knows about. Very little has been written about many of them and it is a challenge to find what was written in the past. For some, their stories have only been told by word of mouth. The Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA) has been developed as a finding aid to bring together a brief description of pertinent names, places, and events, and to list the sources where additional information may be found. This is not currently an all inclusive database, but we are working toward that goal and suggestions are welcomed.
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James McKinney was appointed to the Auburn, KY City Council in June 1971 and was the first African American elected official in the city. For 43 years…
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Lillian Nareen White was an outstanding athlete in track and basketball at Georgetown (KY) High School [the school merged into Scott County High…
Listed below are selected non-fiction titles and collections that focus on the history of enslavement in Kentucky (the state as a whole). This is not…
In 1904, much was written about the attempted murder of the Mulligan family at Maxwell Place in Lexington, KY. The University of Kentucky (UK)…
There had always been "foreign-born Negroes" in Kentucky, starting with the thousands of enslaved who were born in African countries [see the NKAA…
The following information about Peter White comes from several sources, including the newspaper article "Peter White says that he is aged 103: Native…
It has probably been long-forgotten that John W. "Jack" Story was considered the first African American elect to an office in Mason County, KY. The…
