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Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home" has been designated as the official state song and performed at the Kentucky Derby for decades. In light of the ongoing
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Pages: 346
Authors: Lowell Harrison
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-01 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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"Young Abraham Lincoln and his family joined the migration over the Ohio River, but it was Kentucky--the state of his birth--that shaped his personality and con
Kentuckians in Gray
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Pages: 346
Authors: Bruce S. Allardice
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-17 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Perhaps more than any other citizens of the nation, Kentuckians held conflicted loyalties during the American Civil War. As a border state, Kentucky was largely
Lexington, Kentucky
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Lexington's African-American community has survived and flourished despite obstacles that may have proven insurmountable to some. A citizenry enriched by divers
Community Memories
Language: en
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Authors: Winona L. Fletcher
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"While this is a glimpse of Frankfort's African American community, it has much in common with other Black communities, especially those in the South. Although