Black History Archives

Hopkinsville memorial service highlights bell hooks’ place in the world

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 3, 2022

The tribute to the acclaimed author, and Hopkinsville native, who was born Gloria Jean Watkins, was attended by roughly 400 people Saturday at the Alhambra Theatre.

Ky. Writers Hall of Fame inducts Hopkinsville native Ted Poston

by Kevin Nance
March 25, 2022

Poston, the Dean of Black Journalists, began a career at the New York Post in the mid-1930s and retired in 1972.

The story behind the woman in the blue dress

by Alissa Keller
March 21, 2022

An old portrait of a Christian County woman who was born in the 1870s inspires a deep look into one family's history.

‘Hoptown’ dance performance to depict sisterhood of Black women

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 17, 2022

The production will premiere in Hopkinsville in 2023 before performances in New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia.

Fannie Lander: A civil rights activist ahead of her time

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 8, 2022

Lander and her husband, attorney Robert Lander, sued Ohio Valley Railroad for forcing her to give up a first-class ticketed seat because she was Black.

Gwenda Motley remembers her sister bell hooks

by Tracy Ross
March 8, 2022

Gwenda Motley told WKMS that the community in which her sister, best known by her pen name bell hooks, was raised played a significant role in her academic and personal development.

Attucks science classroom illuminates a cherished chapter in Black history

by Alissa Keller
February 21, 2022

The Attucks Science Club members, captured in a 1962 photograph, were part of a tightly knit community, where the motto was "Do or Die for Attucks High."