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

Jerry Gore was born in Maysville, KY. An Underground Railroad historian, he was also a founding member of the National Underground Railroad Museum, Inc. and founder of the Freedom Time Company and the Kentucky Underground Railroad Association. He was a consultant on the history of the Underground Railroad for a number of projects and programs and was featured on the History Channel's "Save Our History: The Underground Railroad."

Gore was the great-great-grandson of Addison White, famous Ohio fugitive of the Underground Railroad. In 2012, Jerry Gore was the recipient of the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Award (see p. 2).

For more, see "In Memoriam of Jerry Gore" at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center website; "Jerry Gore: Gone Too Soon" at the Kentucky Day Trips website (includes photographs); and his obituary at the dignitymemorial.com website.