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Building From Within: How Two Female Prisoners Survived Incarceration, Laura M. Cuevas Meléndez
Building From Within: How Two Female Prisoners Survived Incarceration, Laura M. Cuevas Meléndez
Special Collections Research Center Learning Lab Student Research
According to the US Commission of Civil Rights, from 1980 to 2016, the percentage of imprisoned women surpassed 730% (4). Severe isolation, lack of sunlight, and sensory deprivation tactics were employed during the 1980s, when Silvia Baraldini and Laura Whitehorn were incarcerated at the federal women’s prison in Lexington, Kentucky. Both women maintained their basic humanity and spirit by creating educational opportunities for fellow inmates, advocating for improved conditions, and sharing their experiences through letter writing. They each wrote hundreds of letters to friends, family, and other social activists concerned with their plight. Using a collection of letters written by …
African Americans In Madison County, Kentucky, Reinette F. Jones
African Americans In Madison County, Kentucky, Reinette F. Jones
Library Presentations
Reinette Jones, Special Collections Librarian at the University of Kentucky Libraries, speak about notable Madison County African Americans.
Gotta’ Go! African American Migration And Community Outside Kentucky, Reinette F. Jones
Gotta’ Go! African American Migration And Community Outside Kentucky, Reinette F. Jones
Library Presentations
Reinette Jones from the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center shares what she has learned about the fascinating and hidden story of the "out-migration" of African Americans from Kentucky while developing the Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA).
Please, Remember Me: African Americans From Scott County, Ky, Reinette F. Jones
Please, Remember Me: African Americans From Scott County, Ky, Reinette F. Jones
Library Presentations
Reinette Jones, who created the Notable Kentucky African Americans (NKAA) Database, explains how to use this award-winning library tool while introducing us to some lesser-known Scott Countians. They include Sgt. Harrison Bradford, who led the San Pedro Springs Mutiny (TX) in 1867, in the fight for fair treatment of African American soldiers, and Lillian Nareen White, the first African American woman to play basketball at UK.
Louisville Jewish Hospital’S “Tikkun Olam”: A Case Example Of Continuity For American Jewish Hospitals, Hannah Thompson
Louisville Jewish Hospital’S “Tikkun Olam”: A Case Example Of Continuity For American Jewish Hospitals, Hannah Thompson
Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship
According to Mary Wagner, the author of Jewish Hospitals Yesterday and Today, Jewish Hospitals emerged in the mid-19th century in the U.S. for several reasons: the Jewish American community’s need to combat anti-Semitism, to provide services for its large and then-growing immigrant population, and to establish a place for Jewish medical professionals to work, since anti-Semitism prevented them from being employed elsewhere. Although, American Jews became increasingly more accepted as part of the broader American social and political milieu throughout the early 20th century, Jewish Hospitals persisted in cities across the U.S. until the 1970s. To date roughly 22 …
‘Pa-Jew-Cah’: Reclaiming The History Of Paducah’S Jewish Community, Hannah Newberry
‘Pa-Jew-Cah’: Reclaiming The History Of Paducah’S Jewish Community, Hannah Newberry
Posters-at-the-Capitol Presentations
When imagining Kentucky’s religious heritage, most people picture churches, not synagogues. Yet historian Lee Shai Weissbach demonstrates that Kentucky’s first synagogue was built in Louisville in 1849, and Jews had been living in the Commonwealth almost as long as it existed. Kentucky’s Jewish heritage is rich and varied as illustrated by Arwen Donahue’s This is Home Now: Kentucky’s Holocaust Survivors Speak, Deborah Weiner’s Coalfield Jews: An Appalachian History, and Amy Shevitz’s Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History. While each of these texts refers to Paducah as an early and important Jewish settlement, none offers exclusive …
Kentucky Slavery: The Historiography Of Human Property Records, Andrew D. Johnson
Kentucky Slavery: The Historiography Of Human Property Records, Andrew D. Johnson
Oswald Research and Creativity Competition
The domestic slave trade in the United States was generally condemned as an evil business. Nonetheless, many documents pertaining to this trade do not reflect the negative aspects. The reason for this lies in the simple fact that many of the primary source documents studied are written by those who took part in the trade—not those who were forcibly traded. To view the trade from the eyes of those who were lost in the abominable trade, historians are faced with the dilemma mainly stemming from a lack of literacy from those who experienced this narrative. With the extreme bias in …
Grave Robbing In Lexington And Elsewhere, Charles T. Ambrose
Grave Robbing In Lexington And Elsewhere, Charles T. Ambrose
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications
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African American Librarians In Kentucky, Reinette F. Jones
African American Librarians In Kentucky, Reinette F. Jones
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
Kentucky was the first North American state to establish a free public library exclusively for African Americans. The library, located in Louisville, Kentucky, was managed by Thomas Fountain Blue, the first African American to manage a public library. The establishing of the Colored Library and Thomas Fountain Blue's Apprentice Training Program was the beginning of librarianship and libraries for African Americans in Kentucky.
Divided We Fall: State College And The Normal School Movement In Kentucky, 1880-1910, Terry L. Birdwhistell
Divided We Fall: State College And The Normal School Movement In Kentucky, 1880-1910, Terry L. Birdwhistell
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
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The Elite Speak: Political Oral History At The University Of Kentucky Library, Terry L. Birdwhistell
The Elite Speak: Political Oral History At The University Of Kentucky Library, Terry L. Birdwhistell
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Whas Radio And The Development Of Broadcasting In Kentucky, 1922-1942, Terry L. Birdwhistell
Whas Radio And The Development Of Broadcasting In Kentucky, 1922-1942, Terry L. Birdwhistell
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
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Community Oral History Projects In Kentucky: Is Anyone Listening?, Terry L. Birdwhistell
Community Oral History Projects In Kentucky: Is Anyone Listening?, Terry L. Birdwhistell
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
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Journal Of The Convention, Begun And Held At The Capitol In The Town Of Frankfort, On Monday The Twenty-Second Day Of July, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred And Ninety-Nine., Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1799)
Journal Of The Convention, Begun And Held At The Capitol In The Town Of Frankfort, On Monday The Twenty-Second Day Of July, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred And Ninety-Nine., Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1799)
Constitutional Conventions
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Journal Of The First Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792)
Journal Of The First Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792)
Constitutional Conventions
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