Browse Items By "Subject" (305 Headings)

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1st African American Families in Town, Community, or County (14)

A

Accountants, Bookkeepers, Certified Public Accountants, Stenographers (17)

Activists, Civil Rights (305)

Actors, Actresses (73)

Adoption of a Child (14)

Aerobics Exercise, Classes & Training

African American Expatriates from Kentucky to France (10)

African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.) (27)

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (A.M.E.Z.) (16)

Agriculturalists, Agriculture, Produce (21)

Air Corps (3)

Air Force, U.S. (37)

Alcohol (17)

Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada (10)

Appalachian, Affralachian (2)

Appointments by Kentucky Governors (39)

Appointments by U.S. Presidents/Services for U.S. Presidents (43)

Architects (14)

Arson, Arsonist, Set Fire Intentionally (17)

Artists, Fine Arts (77)

Association of Colored Women's Clubs (24)

Athletes, Athletics (61)

Authors (228)

Automobile Dealerships and Factories (10)

Automobile Races, Race-car Drivers (5)

Aviators (13)

B

Bakers, Cooks and Chefs (50)

Balls, Promenades, Socials (3)

Bankers, Banks, Finance, Financial Advisors (40)

Barbers (55)

Baseball (90)

Basketball (137)

Battle of Little Mountain (Estill's Defeat)

Bed and Breakfast, Hotels, Inns, Lodges (6)

Benevolent Societies (25)

Bicycles, Cyclist, Cycling, Wheelmen (7)

Bigamy

Biologists (5)

Births (2)

Blacksmiths (25)

Blind, Visually Impaired (9)

Board of Education (35)

Body Building

Bowlers and Bowling (3)

Boxers, Boxing (46)

Bridge (card game)

Buffalo Soldiers (28)

Bus Transportation: Employees, Owners, Segregation (10)

Businesses (316)

C

Cabinetmakers

Care of the Elderly (9)

Carpenters (23)

Cartographers

Cement and Concrete

Cheerleaders, Cheerleading, Training & Competitions (3)

Chefs and Cooks for Governors

Chefs and Cooks for U.S. Presidents (3)

Chemists (10)

Chief of Police (8)

Children's Books and Music (9)

Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Smoking (11)

Circus (3)

Civic Leaders (128)

Collectibles (4)

Colonies, Colonization (18)

Colored Fairs, Black Expos, and Chautauquas (36)

Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.) (14)

Colored Notes in Kentucky Newspapers (21)

Colored People's Conventions (4)

Colored Public Libraries in Kentucky (24)

Communities (203)

Community Centers and Cultural Centers (26)

Confederate Soldiers - U.S. Civil War (13)

Construction, Contractors, Builders (19)

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) (10)

Corrections and Police (123)

Cosmetologists, Beauty Shops, Hairdressers, Beauty Supplies (26)

Court Cases (122)

Cowboys, Rodeos, Bronco Busting

Cross Dressing, Dress in Drag (4)

Cuban War of Independence

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Deaf and Hearing Impaired (6)

Dentists (18)

Directories (9)

Drag Performers, Awards, Competitions, Culture, Organizations, Reins (3)

Dressmakers, Seamstresses, Milliners (13)

E

Early Settlers (27)

Education and Educators (879)

Emancipation Day / Juneteenth Celebrations (17)

Employment Services (15)

Engineers (16)

Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes (KY Counties A-E) (33)

Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes (KY Counties F-K) (28)

Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes (KY Counties L-Q) (39)

Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes (KY Counties R-Z) (20)

Errors

Escaped Enslavement, from Kentucky to England (8)

Executions (16)

Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era] (17)

Explorers (6)

F

Farms, Farming, Farmers (80)

Farriers, Horseshoes, Hoof Care (3)

Fathers (69)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (6)

Firefighters (20)

First City Employees and Officials (1960s Civil Rights Campaign) (32)

Fish and Wildlife, Forestry (7)

Football (69)

Fort Knox (24)

Fortune Tellers / Fortune Telling

Fraternal Organizations (162)

Free African American Slave Owners (6)

Freedom (319)

French and Indian War (5)

G

Gambling, Lottery (12)

Genealogy, History (23)

Golf and Golfers (11)

Grade Schools and High Schools in Kentucky (309)

Grandparents (37)

H

Higher Education Before Desegregation, Kentucky (64)

Historians (35)

Historical Associations, Societies, Organizations (4)

HIV/AIDS: Education, Prevention, Medical Care, Testing (4)

Hoaxes (8)

Home Economics: Education, Instruction, Service (11)

Horsewoman

Hospitals and Clinics: Employment, Founders, Ownership, Incidents (81)

Housing Authority, The Projects (21)

Housing, Fair Housing, Open Housing, Housing Agencies (50)

Human Experimentation in Medicine (3)

Human Rights Commissions (Outside Kentucky) (2)

I

Ice Cream (4)

Immigration (15)

Indian Wars (21)

Influenza (4)

Inheritance (15)

Insurance Companies, Insurance Sales (42)

Interracial Marriage and State Laws (11)

Inventors (28)

Islam, Muslim, Nation of Islam (4)

J

Janitors (49)

Jewelers, Watchmakers (2)

Jim Crow (10)

Jockeys, Horsemen, Horse Breeders, Trainers, Betting, and The Derby (128)

Journalists, Newspapers, Magazines, Book Publishers, Music Publishers (241)

Jubilees (2)

Judges (33)

K

Kentucky African American Churches (164)

Kentucky Commission on Human Rights (7)

Kentucky Land Grants (6)

Kentucky Poet Laureates (2)

Killed by Lightning (3)

Korean War (33)

L

Lawyers (131)

Legislators (Outside Kentucky) (24)

Legislators, Kentucky (28)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, ... (13)

Liberia, Liberian Presidents and Diplomats (43)

Librarians, Library Collections, Libraries (116)

Logging, Lumbering, Lumber Business, Lumber Employees (6)

Lynchings (19)

M

Martial Arts (4)

Mayor Pro Tem (8)

Mayors (22)

Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering (12)

Medical Field, Health Care (204)

Mexican Expedition Campaigns

Mexican-American War (7)

Mexico and Kentucky (8)

Middle East Conflicts

Migration East (59)

Migration from Kentucky to Africa (28)

Migration North (859)

Migration Outside the U.S. and Canada (96)

Migration South (163)

Migration West (302)

Military and Veterans (739)

Miners, Mines, and Steel Mills (43)

Ministers, Pastors, Preachers, Religion and Church Work (298)

Minstrel and Vaudeville Performers (55)

Miss Kentucky, Homecoming Queens, Beauty Contests and Pageants (11)

Missionaries, Africa (10)

Missionaries, Honduras

Mothers (48)

Movies and Films (71)

Mules, Mule Derby, Mule Races, Jockeys, Betting

Musicians, Opera, Singers, Song Writers (381)

My Old Kentucky Home (2)

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NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) (92)

Names, Naming, Black Names (3)

National Council of Negro Women (4)

National Guard (16)

National Resources (6)

National Youth Administration (NYA) (5)

Negro Business League (13)

Negro League Baseball / African American Baseball Leagues (29)

Nicodemus (8)

Northwest Indian War (2)

Notary Public (8)

Nurses (45)

O

Olympics: Athletes, Games, Events (12)

Operation Desert Storm (2)

Oral History Collections (36)

Orphans and Orphanages in Kentucky (31)

Orphans and Orphanages outside Kentucky (3)

Other (8)

Otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat, had, & neck) (3)

P

Parks and Resorts (38)

Persian Gulf War, 1991 (5)

Personal Collections, Memorabilia, Collectors (6)

Pharmacists, Pharmacies (19)

Philippine–American War (10)

Photographers, Photographs (46)

Physicists (3)

Pitching Horseshoes (game)

Plumbers (5)

Poets (93)

Politicians, Politics, Appointments and Elections (298)

Pool Halls, Kentucky (3)

Pool Players, Professional and Amateur

Postal Service (47)

Postmasters (12)

Presidents of Colleges and Universities (56)

Presidents, National Presidential Candidates and Party Nominees (11)

Priests (Ordained) (3)

Printers and Typographers (28)

Prison Laborers (2)

Pullman Porters (11)

Punitive Expedition in Mexico

Q

Quilters (3)

R

Race Categories (10)

Racial Passing (pretending to be a member of another racial group) (13)

Radio (33)

Railroad, Railway, Trains (47)

Realtors, Real Estate Brokers, Real Estate Investments (39)

Repatriation, Returned to the United States (36)

Researchers (11)

Resources Dedicated to Kentucky African Americans [Statewide] (8)

Revolutionary War, American (58)

Rioting, Insurrections, Panics, Protests in Kentucky (33)

Riots and Protests Outside Kentucky (29)

Rowan County War

Rugby

Russian Civil War

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Saloons and Bars (Liquor) (16)

Scouts (Boys and Girls) (15)

Sculptors (4)

Settlement House Movement in Kentucky (4)

Shoes: Finishers, Makers, Repairers, Shiners, Stores (45)

Sickle Cell Anemia (3)

Skating Rinks (10)

Slave Injury and Death Reimbursement and Insurance (4)

Slave Trade (U.S.) (12)

Slavery in Kentucky, Sources (51)

Social Workers (48)

Sociologists and Social Scientists (13)

Soft Drinks (8)

Spanish-American War (22)

Speech Disorders

Spelling Bees

Suicide (13)

Sunday School (21)

Swimmers, Swimming, Swimming Facilities (7)

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Tailors (11)

Telegraph

Telephone Company Employees, Telephone Inventions, Telephones and Race (10)

Television (41)

Tennis (7)

Texas Army

Theater: Companies, Education, Exhibitions, Performers, and Performances in Kentucky (36)

Theaters [outside Kentucky] (3)

Track and Field (18)

Tuberculosis: Care and Deaths (28)

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U.S. Army (415)

U.S. Army Nurse Corps (2)

U.S. Civil War (175)

U.S. Marine Corps (9)

U.S. Navy (37)

Underground Railroad: Conductors, Escapes, Organizations, Research (32)

Undertakers, Cemeteries, Coroners, and Obituaries (83)

Union Organizations (27)

Union Soldiers - U.S. Civil War (59)

United Negro College Fund (UNCF) (3)

Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) (9)

Urban Leagues (43)

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Ventriloquist

Veterinarians (4)

Vietnam War (28)

Voting Rights (33)

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WACs 6888th Postal Battalion (27)

Waiters, Waitresses (21)

War of 1812 (22)

Welfare (Social Services) Organizations (25)

West Point Military Academy (8)

Women's Army Corps (WACs) (186)

Women's Groups and Organizations (185)

Works Progress Administration (WPA) / Work Projects Administration (WPA) (8)

World War I (114)

World War II (330)

Wrestling, Wrestlers (4)

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Yearbooks [Online] (2)

YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) (22)

YMCA Black Achievers

YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) (23)

Z

Zoologists