History

News, features and commentary about history in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

History teacher Brett Pritchett will relate the story of the feud between the Dukes and the Bones.
Thomas Glover's talk is titled "The Constitution, the Census and Gerrymandering."
The Pioneers will begin selling barbecue sandwiches at 4 p.m. Thursday. Their History on Tap presentation will follow at 6:30 p.m.
Pioneers Inc., established in 1952, is a civic organization of African-American men. Their catering and barbecue business supports their charity work in the community.
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Steve Luxenberg's talk will focus on Kentuckian John Marshall Harlan, the lone dissenter in the U.S. Supreme Court case that justified racial segregation.
Falls coached at Attucks High School from 1935-1967. His teams won state titles and advanced four time to a national tournament.
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Alice Allison Dunnigan became the first black woman accredited as a journalist to cover the White House and Congress.
The public can see the American LaFrance firetruck, along with other fire and transportation relics, at the Woody Winfree Fire and Transportation Museum in downtown Hopkinsville.
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The statue commemorates Logan County native Alice Allison Dunnigan, who was the first African-American woman to get press credentials to cover the White House.
The governor's proclamation calling a special session is tailored so lawmakers will likely only be able to consider a proposal that Bevin has hammered out with Republican leaders of the legislature.
Among Kentuckians injured by chemical weapons during World War I was Private Addison W. Jones, a soldier from Hopkinsville.