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

John Chenault is an author, freelance writer, poet, playwright, and musician. He is the  author of Blue Blackness and The Invisible Man Returns: Poems (see holding libraries). He has been a member of the New Theater/Free Theater of Cincinnati since its inception in 1967.

Chenault's work has appeared in a number of publications, and he has a number of playwright credits as well, including the television drama Young Men Grow Older. Chenault's musical credits are also quite extensive, including The Fools of Time, a collaboration by Chenault and composer/bassist Frank Proto that premiered in February 2000.

John Chenault was born in Cincinnati, OH, the son of Mary L. Stonom Chenault and John Walter Chenault. He was a reference librarian at the University of Louisville Libraries. In 2021, he joined the University of Louisville School of Medicine's Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) team as associate professor-director of anti-racism initiatives.

For more, see John Chenault, at liben.com; the John Chenault entry in Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 40 (2004); Who's Who Among African Americans, 2003-2009; John Chenault: Scholarly and Creative Works; and John Chenault's educational philosophy on the University of Louisville's website.