From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

1940 - Shoe Makers, Repairers, and Shiners, Kentucky [TABLE B]

(born: 1940) 

The table below has the names (B) of adult African Americans born in Kentucky and employed in the shoe care business in 1940 [source: U.S. Federal Census].

NAMES                        HOME LOCATION          EMPLOYMENT

Robey Babb                  Indianapolis, IN              shoe shiner at barber shop

Carter Babb                  Indianapolis, IN              shoe shiner at barber shop

Harvey Bailey               Louisville, KY                 shoe finisher at shoe repair shop

Lamuel Ballew              Cincinnati, OH               shoe shiner in shining parlor

George Ballew             Richmond, KY                shoe repairer at Embry Shoe Shop

William Barnes             Trigg County, KY           shoe shiner at barber shop

Herb Bassett                Aurora, IL                      shoe shiner at shoe parlor

Baker Bates                Cleveland, OH               shoe finisher at shoe shop

John Beamur               Taylorsville, KY             shoe repairman at home

James Beard               Louisville, KY                shoe repairer, owns shop

Marie Beard                 Louisville, KY                helper in shoe shop

John Bishop                 Dayton, OH                  shoe shine boy at shoe repair shop

Grandison Blakey        Louisville, KY                shoe dyer at shoe repair shop

Irvine D. Blyote            Richmond, KY               shoe shiner

John Boggs                 Richmond, KY               shoe repairer, owns shop

Walter Boston              Augusta, KY                  shoe shiner at barber shop

Ed Bridwell                  Louisville, KY                shoe shiner at a club

George W. Brown        Paducah, KY                shoe shiner at barber shop

Lillian Brown                Louisville, KY              shoe repairer at repair shop

Willie Brown                 Lexington, KY             shoe shiner at shoe shining parlor

William Brown             Covington, KY              shoe shiner at barber shop

William Burks              Frankfort, KY                shoe shiner at barber shop

William Burley             Frankfort, KY                shoe shine boy, private work

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“1940 - Shoe Makers, Repairers, and Shiners, Kentucky [TABLE B],” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed May 13, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2993.

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