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Lexington's free "History Hop" planned for President's day
This year’s History Hop features three venues: the Ashland Henry Clay Estate, the Mary Todd Lincoln House, and the Lexington ...
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One on One: got a question about Lexington history? Wayne Johnson should be your go-to guy
If you’ve ever been to the downtown branch of the Lexington Public Library chances are you’ve interacted with Lexingtonian Wayne Johnson. For over 30 years his natural habitat has been the Kentucky ...
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Art project opens windows into Lexington’s past: ‘I Was Here’
If you walk around Lexington’s old courthouse, you may feel as if you’re being watched. There are ghostly figures in many of ...
Lexington-based nonprofit works to reconnect Black Kentuckians with farming heritage
As we continue our coverage of Black History Month, we are highlighting a Lexington-based nonprofit agribusiness. This year’s ...
‘Revolutionary’: Projects uncover Kentucky’s Black history, one digital document at a time
More and more projects across Kentucky are uncovering Black history through historical documents, then putting them online ...
Women have changed so many aspects of life in Kentucky. But have you heard of Laura Clay?
Leader’s yearlong examination of notable people, institutions and key moments in Lexington’s history focuses on an early ...
Remembering the historic jockey who won the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1875
Aristides won the very first Kentucky Derby, but history also remembers the colt’s jockey: Oliver Lewis, a Black jockey from ...
250Lex announces Black History Month events
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington’s 250th Anniversary Commission announced its Black History Month events. “250Lex will celebrate, uplift and pay tribute to the many contributions African Americans ...