Black History Archives

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

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 18, 2022

The HCC Foundation is raising donations to help pay for the addition to the Round Table Literary Park.

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

by Dustin Wilcox
February 16, 2022

Various organizations in Hopkinsville are celebrating Black History Month with an array of events from a pop-up shop to a brewery presentation.

Modernettes offer virtual Black History Month program

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 16, 2022

Retired educator Bettie Esters Broady will lead the program.

Artifacts highlight our town’s Black history

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 13, 2022

The Pennyroyal Area Museum is home to several collections highlighting Hopkinsville's Black history.

Hopkinsville desegregation is topic of next History on Tap

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 11, 2022

Museum director Alissa Keller will give the program at Hopkinsville Brewing.

How we can denounce racism by honoring bell hooks’ legacy

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 30, 2022

When racists "Zoombombed" a memorial for Hopkinsville native and author bell hooks, Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown encouraged the community to take a nod from the author and stand against hate.

A local lawman’s place in Ky. history

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 16, 2022

Bill Dillard was Kentucky's first Black sheriff, elected twice in Christian County before he became caught up in an FBI drug investigation.

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

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 14, 2022

Recognized as the dean of Black journalists in America, Ted Poston covered major stories on civil rights, politics and Black culture as a staff writer at the New York Post from the mid-1930s until his retirement in 1972.