Browse Items By "Subject" (280 Headings)
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1st African American Families in Town, Community, or County (14)
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Accountants, Bookkeepers, Certified Public Accountants, Stenographers (16)
Activists, Civil Rights (297)
Actors, Actresses (71)
Aerobics Exercise, Classes & Training
African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.) (25)
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (A.M.E.Z.) (16)
Agriculturalists, Agriculture, Produce (18)
Air Force, U.S. (30)
Alcohol (16)
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada (11)
Appointments by Kentucky Governors (38)
Appointments by U.S. Presidents/Services for U.S. Presidents (42)
Architects (12)
Arson, Arsonist, Set Fire Intentionally (17)
Artists, Fine Arts (62)
Association of Colored Women's Clubs (22)
Athletes, Athletics (54)
Authors (199)
Automobile Dealerships and Factories (10)
Automobile Races, Race-car Drivers (5)
Aviators (13)
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Balls, Promenades, Socials (3)
Bankers, Banks, Finance, Financial Advisors (38)
Barbers (54)
Baseball (81)
Basketball (123)
Battle of Little Mountain (Estill's Defeat)
Bed and Breakfast, Hotels, Inns, Lodges (6)
Benevolent Societies (23)
Bicycles, Cyclist, Cycling, Wheelmen (6)
Biologists (4)
Blacksmiths (25)
Board of Education (35)
Boxers, Boxing (41)
Bus Transportation: Employees, Owners, Segregation (10)
Businesses (301)
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Carpenters (23)
Cheerleaders, Cheerleading, Training & Competitions (2)
Chemists (8)
Chief of Police (8)
Children's Books and Music (7)
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Smoking (11)
Circus (3)
Civic Leaders (123)
Collectibles (4)
Colored Fairs, Black Expos, and Chautauquas (35)
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.) (14)
Colored Notes in Kentucky Newspapers (14)
Colored People's Conventions (4)
Colored Public Libraries in Kentucky (24)
Communities (192)
Community Centers and Cultural Centers (26)
Confederate Soldiers - U.S. Civil War (3)
Construction, Contractors, Builders (19)
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) (10)
Corrections and Police (123)
Cosmetologists, Beauty Shops, Hairdressers, Beauty Supplies (26)
Court Cases (119)
Cowboys, Rodeos, Bronco Busting
Cross Dressing, Dress in Drag (4)
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Dentists (18)
Directories (9)
Drag Performers, Awards, Competitions, Culture, Organizations, Reins
Dressmakers, Seamstresses, Milliners (13)
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Early Settlers (27)
Education and Educators (824)
Emancipation Day / Juneteenth Celebrations (17)
Employment Services (13)
Engineers (13)
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)
Executions (14)
Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era] (15)
Explorers (4)
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Farriers, Horseshoes, Hoof Care (3)
Fathers (68)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (6)
Firefighters (19)
First City Employees and Officials (1960s Civil Rights Campaign) (32)
Fish and Wildlife, Forestry (7)
Football (67)
Fortune Tellers / Fortune Telling
Fraternal Organizations (153)
Free African American Slave Owners (6)
Freedom (311)
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Gambling, Lottery (12)
Genealogy, History (18)
Golf and Golfers (10)
Grade Schools and High Schools in Kentucky (307)
Grandparents (37)
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Higher Education Before Desegregation, Kentucky (59)
Historians (33)
Historical Associations, Societies, Organizations (3)
HIV/AIDS: Education, Prevention, Medical Care, Testing
Hoaxes (8)
Home Economics: Education, Instruction, Service (11)
Hospitals and Clinics: Employment, Founders, Ownership, Incidents (77)
Housing Authority, The Projects (20)
Housing, Fair Housing, Open Housing, Housing Agencies (49)
Human Rights Commissions (Outside Kentucky) (2)
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Ice Cream (4)
Immigration (13)
Indian Wars (5)
Influenza (4)
Inheritance (15)
Insurance Companies, Insurance Sales (41)
Interracial Marriage and State Laws (10)
Inventors (22)
Islam, Muslim, Nation of Islam (4)
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Janitors (48)
Jim Crow (9)
Jockeys, Horsemen, Horse Breeders, Trainers, Betting, and The Derby (125)
Journalists, Newspapers, Magazines, Book Publishers, Music Publishers (224)
Jubilees (2)
Judges (32)
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Kentucky African American Churches (150)
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights (7)
Korean War (24)
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Lawyers (126)
Legislators (Outside Kentucky) (24)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, ... (13)
Liberia, Liberian Presidents and Diplomats (33)
Librarians, Library Collections, Libraries (103)
Logging, Lumbering, Lumber Business, Lumber Employees (6)
Lynchings (16)
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Martial Arts (3)
Mayor Pro Tem (8)
Mayors (19)
Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering (12)
Medical Field, Health Care (189)
Migration East (59)
Migration North (836)
Migration Outside the U.S. and Canada (90)
Migration South (157)
Migration West (292)
Military and Veterans (406)
Miners, Mines, and Steel Mills (40)
Ministers, Pastors, Preachers, Religion and Church Work (292)
Minstrel and Vaudeville Performers (50)
Miss Kentucky, Homecoming Queens, Beauty Contests and Pageants (11)
Mothers (48)
Movies and Films (53)
Musicians, Opera, Singers, Song Writers (275)
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NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) (91)
Names, Naming, Black Names (3)
National Council of Negro Women (4)
National Youth Administration (NYA) (5)
Negro League Baseball / African American Baseball Leagues (27)
Nicodemus (7)
Notary Public (8)
Nurses (42)
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Olympics: Athletes, Games, Events (11)
Orphans and Orphanages in Kentucky (27)
Other (9)
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Parks and Resorts (37)
Personal Collections, Memorabilia, Collectors (6)
Photographers, Photographs (35)
Physicists (3)
Plumbers (5)
Poets (58)
Politicians, Politics, Appointments and Elections (284)
Pool Players, Professional and Amateur
Postal Service (44)
Presidents of Colleges and Universities (55)
Presidents, National Presidential Candidates and Party Nominees (12)
Prison Laborers (2)
Pullman Porters (11)
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Quilters (3)
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Race Categories (9)
Racial Passing (pretending to be a member of another racial group) (11)
Radio (33)
Railroad, Railway, Trains (47)
Realtors, Real Estate Brokers, Real Estate Investments (39)
Researchers (7)
Resources Dedicated to Kentucky African Americans [Statewide] (8)
Revolutionary War, American (52)
Rioting, Insurrections, Panics, Protests in Kentucky (31)
Riots and Protests Outside Kentucky (29)
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Saloons and Bars (Liquor) (16)
Sculptors (4)
Settlement House Movement in Kentucky (4)
Shoes: Finishers, Makers, Repairers, Shiners, Stores (45)
Skating Rinks (10)
Slave Injury and Death Reimbursement and Insurance (4)
Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county A-C] (6)
Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county D-J] (7)
Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county K-M] (5)
Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county N-Z] (5)
Slavery in Kentucky, Sources (48)
Social Workers (43)
Sociologists and Social Scientists (13)
Soft Drinks (8)
Spanish-American War (20)
Suicide (13)
Sunday School (21)
Swimmers, Swimming, Swimming Facilities (7)
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Tailors (11)
Telephone Company Employees, Telephone Inventions, Telephones and Race (9)
Television (31)
Tennis (7)
Theater: Companies, Education, Exhibitions, Performers, and Performances in Kentucky (25)
Theaters [outside Kentucky] (3)
Track and Field (17)
Tuberculosis: Care and Deaths (27)
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U.S. Civil War (150)
U.S. Navy (24)
Underground Railroad: Conductors, Escapes, Organizations, Research (28)
Undertakers, Cemeteries, Coroners, and Obituaries (80)
Union Organizations (25)
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) (3)
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) (9)
Urban Leagues (40)
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Veterinarians (4)
Vietnam War (10)
Voting Rights (31)
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WACs 6888th Postal Battalion (27)
Waiters, Waitresses (20)
War of 1812 (17)
Welfare (Social Services) Organizations (24)
West Point Military Academy (6)
Women's Army Corps (WACs) (180)
Women's Groups and Organizations (180)
Works Progress Administration (WPA) / Work Projects Administration (WPA) (8)
World War I (97)
World War II (140)
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YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) (21)
YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) (23)
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Zoologists (2)