Black History in Hoptown

Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame chooses Louis P. McHenry for Hopkinsville legacy

Episcopal bishop to commemorate the Rev. A.H. McNeil’s life in Hopkinsville

Shortage of Black doctors is rooted in racist history − a $600M gift will help historically Black medical schools address the gap

Eighth of August celebrations kicked off at Hopkinsville museum

Juneteenth celebrates just one of 20 emancipation days in US

Lexington lawmaker will attempt again to make Juneteenth a state holiday

Hopkinsville Juneteenth bus tour to highlight community’s African American history

Only 1.6% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased

Paducah group buys more than a dozen Helen LaFrance paintings at auction

10,000 Kentuckians marched to demand racial equality. My grandmother was one of them.

Hopkinsville street, museum room dedicated to legacy of bell hooks, a trailblazing Black feminist

‘A true American story’: How a celebrated family legacy continues to impact Mammoth Cave

The healing legacy of Dr. Philip Carruthers Brooks

The surprising history of 201 S. Virgina St.

Nursery bed symbolizes Brooks family legacy in Hopkinsville

John Brim: A blues man from Hopkinsville who wrote ‘Ice Cream Man’

Kentuckians have to stand now for future generations, state lawmaker tells Hopkinsville audience

1964 Freedom March on Frankfort, which had Hopkinsville ties, will be reenacted

History on Tap will feature Christian County survivors of slavery

Soul food recipes from Hopkinsville’s Nance family

Lessons in soul from Hopkinsville family’s food traditions

New KET documentary honors legacy of trailblazing Black Ky. feminist, author bell hooks

Hopkinsville family’s soul food tradition runs deep

5 historic places to explore in Hopkinsville

‘Hate will not prevail in America’: Biden marks 60 years since March on Washington

Oral histories focus of Eighth of August Emancipation Celebration at museum

Human Rights Commission founder Louis P. McHenry celebrated

Claybron Merriweather: lawyer, painter and poet

Attucks basketball teams were the first in Hopkinsville to claim state titles

They were Navy men for the United States

After enslavement: Christian County stories of survival 

Hopkinsville MLK observance focuses on youth

bell hooks’ message endures, challenges our understanding of love

Wendell Lynch takes stock of city’s shift in supporting a Black mayor

Legacy of A.H. McNeil in Hopkinsville seen as a path to racial reconciliation

Church service to honor legacy of the Rev. A.H. McNeil in Hopkinsville

Hopkinsville Community College unveils statue honoring bell hooks

A sense of belonging in bell hooks’ hometown

High school consolidation in 1959 marked a major change for Christian County students

bell hooks mural dedicated in downtown Hopkinsville

Easter egg hunt captures spirit of the season — but only for some

Hopkinsville memorial service highlights bell hooks’ place in the world

Ky. Writers Hall of Fame inducts Hopkinsville native Ted Poston

The story behind the woman in the blue dress

‘Hoptown’ dance performance to depict sisterhood of Black women

Fannie Lander: A civil rights activist ahead of her time

Gwenda Motley remembers her sister bell hooks

Attucks science classroom illuminates a cherished chapter in Black history

Sculpture honoring bell hooks is planned at HCC’s Round Table Literary Park

Hopkinsville commemorating Black history with pop-up shop, brewery event

Modernettes offer virtual Black History Month program

Artifacts highlight our town’s Black history

Hopkinsville desegregation is topic of next History on Tap

How we can denounce racism by honoring bell hooks’ legacy

WKMS celebrates Black History Month with special programming

A local lawman’s place in Ky. history

Hopkinsville native Ted Poston to be inducted into Ky. Writers Hall of Fame

Museum director Keller to give program on Hopkinsville’s civil rights era

Former mayor Al C. Rutland Jr. dies at 81

Commentary: Remembering my rural neighbor, bell hooks

bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through the truth of her words

Muhammad Ali’s Hopkinsville connection

Emancipation celebration Sunday at Pennyroyal Area Museum

Review: Book details overlooked experience of Black residents in coal communities

Western Kentucky residents plan to mark Juneteenth with community celebrations, empowerment

A cemetery detective leaves a big historical record for Christian County

History on Tap speaker to discuss nearly forgotten Kentucky story of racial violence and justice

Black History Month perfect time to remember 1963 boys’ state basketball tournament

Black History Month trivia contest will be virtual this year

A man’s search for his grandfather’s legacy leads to Hopkinsville

Hopkinsville AKA sisters celebrate Kamala Harris inauguration

King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech remains one of America’s most iconic messages

WKMS series explores the Kentucky origins of Jim Crow opression

An anthology of Appalachian literature walks on new ground

Hopkinsville marchers commemorate the American centennial of women’s suffrage

Hopkinsville native John Brim regarded as one of Chicago’s most talented blues musicians

Depression era physician built a swimming pool for black residents of Hopkinsville

Music icon Little Richard played for Black clubs in Hopkinsville during the 1950s

Hopkinsville rally speaker: ‘It could happen to me. It could happen to you’

Susan B. Anthony spoke in 1879 to a Hopkinsville audience that overwhelmingly did not support women’s suffrage

Civil rights attorney Louis McHenry’s teenage daughter Gail was a delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Wendell Lynch, Hopkinsville’s new mayor, reflects on family history and the city’s future during oath ceremony

Philip C. Brooks Sr. built Hopkinsville’s only hospital for Black patients during segregation

Honoring the past and inspiring the future this Black History Month

Local man’s UBS cemetery research is enhancing Hopkinsville’s Black history archive

There was more than one ambitious journalist in Hopkinsville’s Poston family

Faith led Hal and Bettye Thurmond to be civil rights leaders

Ky. Basketball Hall of Fame inducts Attucks coach William Falls

Can Attucks school be saved?

‘To me, she’s Gloria Jean’