Black History

Modern research shows that the lack of Black doctors helps explain why about 70% of Black people don’t trust their doctors, and why Black people tend to die younger than their white peers.

The museum's gathering was the first of three Hopkinsville events planned to celebrate the Eighth of August.

The history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too, writes a professor of history.

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, commemorating the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free

The tour showcases cemeteries, medical clinics, churches and Attucks High School.

Despite clear and persistent gaps between white and Black doctors, lawmakers have tried to prohibit diversity initiatives in medicine.

The Paducah Historic Preservation Group raised more than $100,000 to purchase and preserve 14 works by LaFrance.

The 60th anniversary of the Freedom March on Frankfort was commemorated on Tuesday.

More than 100 community members and officials gathered Friday at the Pennyroyal Area Museum to pay tribute to Hopkinsville's pioneering Black author and feminist, bell hooks.

The Bransford Family history at Mammoth Cave is rich and enduring.

The 1927 graduate of Howard University's medical school treated patients in his hometown for 50 years and ran Hopkinsville's only hospital for Black patients during segregation.

In the second part of a three-part Black History Month series about Dr. Phillip Brooks, Grace Abernethy explores the history of the property where Brooks built Hopkinsville's only hospital for Black patients during segregation.