Browse Items By "Subject" (425 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 (20)
Activists, Civil Rights (317)
Actors, Actresses (78)
Adoption of a Child (18)
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 (22)
Air Corps (5)
Air Force, U.S. (38)
Alcohol (19)
American Basketball Association (ABA) (6)
American Basketball League (ABL), 1961-62 (2)
American Basketball League (ABL), 1996-1998 (2)
American Football League (AFL) (4)
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada (11)
Antigua (3)
Appointments by Kentucky Governors (39)
Appointments by U.S. Presidents/Services for U.S. Presidents (43)
Architects (18)
Arson, Arsonist, Set Fire Intentionally (16)
Artists, Fine Arts (84)
Association of Colored Women's Clubs (25)
Athletes, Athletics (65)
Authors (238)
Automobile Dealerships and Factories (11)
Automobile Races, Race-car Drivers (7)
Aviators (13)
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Bahamas (6)
Balls, Promenades, Socials (3)
Bankers, Banks, Finance, Financial Advisors (41)
Barbados (8)
Barbers (59)
Baseball (98)
Basketball (145)
Battle of Little Mountain (Estill's Defeat)
Bed and Breakfast, Hotels, Inns, Lodges (8)
Benevolent Societies (25)
Bermuda Islands (4)
Bicycles, Cyclists, Cycling, Wheelmen (9)
Biologists (5)
Births (4)
Blacksmiths (25)
Board of Education (37)
Body Building (2)
Boxers, Boxing (52)
Brick Masons (4)
Brickmaker (2)
Buffalo Soldiers (31)
Bus Transportation: Employees, Owners, Segregation (11)
Businesses (329)
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Canadian Football League (CFL) (3)
Captured, Detained, Enslaved, Re-enslaved (33)
Care of the Elderly (10)
Carpenters (25)
Chauffeur, Driver (14)
Cheerleaders, Cheerleading, Training & Competitions (4)
Chefs and Cooks for U.S. Presidents (3)
Chemists (11)
Chief of Police (8)
Child Labor (2)
Children's Books and Music (9)
Children's Institutional Care, Group Homes (12)
Cholera (15)
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Smoking (16)
Circus (5)
Citizenship Laws (11)
City Commissioner (19)
City Council Member (62)
Civic Leaders (128)
Cleaner, Housekeeper, Maid (2)
Clerks, Office Assistants, Secretaries (2)
Collectibles (4)
Colored Fairs, Black Expos, and Chautauquas (38)
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.) (14)
Colored Notes in Kentucky Newspapers (22)
Colored People's Conventions (4)
Colored Public Libraries in Kentucky (25)
Colored Schools and Teachers' Institute Movement (6)
Communities (205)
Community Centers and Cultural Centers (26)
Confederate Soldiers - U.S. Civil War (14)
Construction, Contractors, Builders (22)
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (5)
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) (10)
Corrections and Police (127)
Cosmetologists, Beauty Shops, Hairdressers, Beauty Supplies (27)
County Clerk (3)
Court Cases (136)
Cowboys, Rodeos, Bronco Busting (2)
Cross Dressing, Dress in Drag (4)
Cuba (18)
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Dancers, Dance Instructors, Dance Schools (23)
Dentists (22)
Directories (8)
Doping in Horse Racing, Prevention
Drag Performers, Awards, Competitions, Culture, Organizations, Reins (3)
Dressmakers, Seamstresses, Milliners (18)
Drug Abuse, Drug Addicts, Substance Related Disorders (3)
Dry Goods, Groceries, Clerks, Porters, Delivery Persons (14)
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Early Settlers (27)
Education and Educators (1020)
Elevator Operator, Elevator Mechanic, Elevators (20)
Emancipation Day / Juneteenth Celebrations (18)
Employment Services (16)
Engineers (24)
Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes (KY Counties A-E) (35)
Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes (KY Counties F-K) (30)
Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes (KY Counties L-Q) (40)
Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes (KY Counties R-Z) (21)
Errors (2)
Escaped Enslavement, from Kentucky to England (8)
Ethiopia, Africa (4)
Executions (16)
Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era] (18)
Explorers (6)
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Farriers, Horseshoes, Hoof Care (3)
Fathers (69)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (6)
Firefighters (21)
First City Employees and Officials (1960s Civil Rights Campaign) (33)
Fish and Wildlife, Forestry (7)
Football (70)
Fort Knox (24)
Fortune Tellers / Fortune Telling
Foster Home Care (4)
Fraternal Organizations (170)
Free African American Slave Owners (8)
Freedom (335)
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Gambling, Lottery (13)
Game Shows (2)
Genealogy, History (29)
Ghana, Africa (4)
Golf and Golfers (11)
Grade Schools and High Schools in Kentucky (312)
Grandparents (37)
Grenada (3)
Guinea, Africa (2)
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Haiti (11)
Handyman, Laborer, Odd Jobs (5)
Harlem Globetrotters (11)
Higher Education Before Desegregation, Kentucky (69)
Historians (36)
Historical Associations, Societies, Organizations (5)
HIV/AIDS: Education, Prevention, Medical Care, Testing (4)
Hoaxes (8)
Home Economics: Education, Instruction, Service (16)
Hospitals and Clinics: Employment, Founders, Ownership, Incidents (88)
Hotel Employees (4)
Housing Authority, The Projects (25)
Housing, Fair Housing, Open Housing, Housing Agencies (51)
Human Experimentation in Medicine (6)
Human Rights Commissions (Outside Kentucky) (2)
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Ice Cream (4)
Immigration (30)
Indian Wars (20)
Influenza (9)
Inheritance (15)
Insurance Companies, Insurance Sales (46)
Interracial Cooperation (state and national organizations) (7)
Interracial Marriage and State Laws (12)
Inventors (30)
Islam, Muslim, Nation of Islam (5)
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Jamaica (12)
Janitors (54)
Jim Crow (10)
Jockeys, Horsemen, Horse Breeders, Trainers, Betting, and The Derby (137)
Journalists, Newspapers, Magazines, Book Publishers, Music Publishers (255)
Jubilees (2)
Judges (34)
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Kentucky African American Churches (170)
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights (9)
Kentucky High School Athletic League (KHSAL) (10)
Kenya, Africa (4)
Knights of Pythias (28)
Korean War (38)
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Laundry, Laundress, Laundromat, Washateria (28)
Lawyers (139)
Leatherworkers (2)
Legislators (Outside Kentucky) (27)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, ... (14)
Liberia Presidents and Diplomats (12)
Liberia, Africa (56)
Librarians, Library Collections, Libraries (126)
Logging, Lumbering, Lumber Business, Lumber Employees (7)
Long Distance Runner, Marathoner, Human Foot Races
Lynchings (21)
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Martial Arts (4)
Martinique (5)
Mayor Pro Tem (8)
Mayors (22)
Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering (14)
Medical Field, Health Care (231)
Mexico and Kentucky (11)
Migration East (60)
Migration from Kentucky to Africa (29)
Migration from the West Indies to Kentucky (14)
Migration North (887)
Migration Outside the U.S. and Canada (98)
Migration South (167)
Migration West (309)
Military and Veterans (902)
Miners, Mines, and Steel Mills (54)
Ministers, Pastors, Preachers, Religion and Church Work (307)
Minstrel and Vaudeville Performers (58)
Miss Kentucky, Homecoming Queens, Beauty Contests and Pageants (11)
Missionaries, Africa (11)
Mothers (48)
Movies and Films (84)
Mules, Mule Derby, Mule Races, Jockeys, Betting (3)
Musicians, Opera, Singers, Song Writers (486)
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NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) (94)
Names, Naming, Black Names (4)
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) (7)
National Basketball Association (NBA) (44)
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (75)
National Council of Negro Women (4)
National Football League (NFL) (15)
National Guard (16)
National Health Circle for Colored People, Inc.
National Negro High School Basketball (NNHSB) (5)
National Youth Administration (NYA) (5)
Negro League Baseball / African American Baseball Leagues (29)
Nicodemus (8)
Nigeria, Africa (4)
Notary Public (9)
Nurses (55)
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Olympics: Athletes, Games, Events (12)
Ophthalmologists, Optometrists, and Opticians (6)
Order of the Eastern Star (22)
Orphans and Orphanages in Kentucky (35)
Orphans and Orphanages outside Kentucky (3)
Other (9)
Otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat, head, & neck) (3)
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Parks and Resorts (39)
Personal Collections, Memorabilia, Collectors (6)
Photographers, Photographs (47)
Physicists (3)
Playwrights (13)
Plumbers (5)
Poets (110)
Politicians, Politics, Appointments and Elections (316)
Pool Players, Professional and Amateur
Postal Service (50)
Postmasters (13)
Presidents of Colleges and Universities (56)
Presidents, National Presidential Candidates and Party Nominees (11)
Printers and Typographers (28)
Prison Laborers (3)
Public Health (19)
Puerto Rico, U.S. Caribbean Island (11)
Pullman Porters (12)
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Quilters (3)
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Race Categories (11)
Racial Passing (pretending to be a member of another racial group) (18)
Radio (34)
Railroad, Railway, Trains (60)
Ranchers (2)
Realtors, Real Estate Brokers, Real Estate Investments (39)
Repatriation, Regained Citizenship
Repatriation, Returned to the United States (35)
Researchers (11)
Resources Dedicated to Kentucky African Americans [Statewide] (7)
Revolutionary War, American (58)
Rhodesia, Africa (6)
Rioting, Insurrections, Panics, Protests in Kentucky (34)
Riots and Protests Outside Kentucky (32)
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Sabbath Schools (2)
Saloons and Bars (Liquor) (20)
Sculptors (5)
Servants, Domestic Employees (7)
Settlement House Movement in Kentucky (4)
Seventh-day Adventist Church (2)
Shoes: Finishers, Makers, Repairers, Shiners, Stores (49)
Skating Rinks (10)
Slave Injury and Death Reimbursement and Insurance (4)
Slave Trade (U.S.) (19)
Slavery in Kentucky, Sources (49)
Social Workers (49)
Sociologists and Social Scientists (13)
Soft Drinks (8)
Softball (4)
Spanish-American War (29)
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (4)
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (4)
St. Vincent (4)
Strikes, Strikebreakers, Lockouts (11)
Sugar, Sugar Plantations, Sugar Industry (8)
Suicide (14)
Sunday School (21)
Swimmers, Swimming, Swimming Facilities (7)
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Tailors (11)
Taking Children (6)
Telegraph (2)
Telephone Company Employees, Telephone Inventions, Telephones and Race (11)
Television (48)
Tennis (9)
The Grove (Lawrenceburg, KY) (2)
Theater: Companies, Education, Exhibitions, Performers, and Performances in Kentucky (43)
Theaters [outside Kentucky] (7)
Track and Field (19)
Trinidad (2)
Tuberculosis: Care and Deaths (31)
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U.S. Army (590)
U.S. Civil War (293)
U.S. Colored Troops (288)
U.S. Marine Corps (10)
U.S. Navy (44)
U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, The Narcotic Farm (4)
Underground Railroad: Conductors, Escapes, Organizations, Research (40)
Undertakers, Cemeteries, Coroners, and Obituaries (84)
Union Organizations (30)
Union Soldiers - U.S. Civil War (222)
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) (3)
United States Football League (USFL)
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) (11)
Urban Leagues (43)
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Ventriloquist (3)
Veterinarians (4)
Vietnam War (30)
Voting Rights (35)
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WACs 6888th Postal Battalion (27)
Waiters, Waitresses (26)
War of 1812 (21)
Welfare (Social Services) Organizations (25)
West Point Military Academy (9)
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES)
Women Occupations, Historically (4)
Women's Army Corps (WACs) (190)
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) (25)
Women's Groups and Organizations (189)
Women's Housing (2)
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) (7)
Women's Professional Basketball League (WPBL), 1979-1981
Works Progress Administration (WPA) / Work Projects Administration (WPA) (10)
World Football League (WFL), 1974-75
World War I (161)
World War II (339)
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YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) (25)
YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) (24)
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Zimbabwe, Africa (2)