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Did You Know?

Eugenia "Jean" Murrell Capers, a native of Georgetown, Kentucky, was the first African American assistant police prosecutor in Cleveland, Ohio, and first African American city council person of any major U. S. city.

Topical Editors Contact Information

Appalachia

William Turner

  • Berea College
    Appalachian Center
    Bruce Building Room 128
    Berea, Kentucky 40404-2166
  • Email:
  • Phone: 859.985.3140

Arts, Literature & Culture

David Cooper

  • Jefferson Community and Technical College
    109 East Broadway
    Louisville, Kentucky 40202
  • Email: davidl.cooper@kctcs.edu
  • Phone: 502.213.5127

Business

John Hardin

  • Western Kentucky University
    History Department
    1906 College Heights Blvd.
    Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
  • Email: john.hardin@wku.edu
  • Phone: 270.745.2233

Karen McDaniel

  • 147 Northwood Road
    Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1477
  • Email: krmcdnl@msn.com
  • Phone: 502.695.7437

Cemeteries

Gerald Smith

  • University of Kentucky
    KAAE Project Office
    103B Margaret I. King Building
    Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039
  • Email: glsmit01@uky.edu
  • Phone: 859.257.2110

Civil Rights

Tracy K'Meyer

  • University of Louisville
    History Department
    301F Gottschalk Hall
    Louisville, Kentucky 40292
  • Email: tracyk@louisville.edu
  • Phone: 502.852.4007

Communities

Jackie Burnside

  • Berea College
    Sociology Department
    Frost Building
    Berea, Kentucky 40404-2156
  • Email: jacki_burnside@berea.edu
  • Phone: 859.985.3815

Andrew Baskin

  • Berea College
    General Studies
    320 Lincoln Hall
    Berea, Kentucky 40404
  • Email: andrew_baskin@berea.edu
  • Phone: 859.985.3393

Education

John Hardin

  • Western Kentucky University
    History Department
    1906 College Heights Blvd.
    Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
  • Email: john.hardin@wku.edu
  • Phone: 270.745.2233

Law and Government

Dwayne Mack

  • Berea College
    History Department
    Frost Building
    Berea, Kentucky 40404-2135
  • Email: ayne_mack@berea.edu>
  • Phone: 859.985.3369

Medicine and Science

Eric Christianson

  • University of Kentucky
    History Department
    1715 Office Tower
    Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027
  • Email: ehchri01@uky.edu
  • Phone: 859.257.4341

Military

Mike Jones

  • Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
    Department of Governmental Relations
    Office of Special Programs
    Mero Street
    Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
  • Email:
  • Phone: 502.564.2060

Organizations

Aingred Dunston-Coleman

  • Eastern Kentucky University
    History Department
    323 Keith Building Lancaster Ave.
    Richmond, Kentucky 40475
  • Email: a.dunston@eku.edu
  • Phone: 859.622.1292

Religion

Gerald Smith

  • University of Kentucky
    KAAE Project Office
    103B Margaret I. King Building
    Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039
  • Email: glsmit01@uky.edu
  • Phone: 859.257.2110

Slavery

J Blaine Hudson

  • University of Louisville
    Arts and Sciences Dean's Office
    Gardiner Hall, 2nd Floor
    Louisville, Kentucky 40292
  • Email: james.hudson@louisville.edu
  • Phone: 502.852.2234

Sports

James Duane Bolin

  • Murray State University
    History Department
    6B Faculty Hall
    Murray, Kentucky 42071-3341
  • Email: duane.bolin@murraystate.edu
  • Phone: 270.809.6578

Women

Karen McDaniel

  • 147 Northwood Road
    Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1477
  • Email: krmcdnl@msn.com
  • Phone: 502.695.7437

Cynthia Lynn Shelton

  • Kentucky State University
    Academic Affairs Public Administration
    ASB Room 345
    Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
  • Email: cynthia.shelton@kysu.edu
  • Phone: 502.597.6113