Sallie Price family papers

East Second Street Christian Church dinner, featuring William Henry Fouse (1868-1944), Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke Fouse (1875-1952), R. L. Saunders, Emma W. Saunders and others.

Group of unidentified women.

-Sallie Price family papers

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Brenda Hughes

Brenda Lee Garner Hughes officiating a Kentucky High School Athletic Association Girls' State Basketball Tournament. Hughes was the first African American woman to do so. 1973 February 11.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Methodist Choir

Choir of Methodist church in Wheelwright, Kentucky. Reverend Jackson at the lectern to the right. 1946.

-Russell Lee: Wheelwright, KY photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Reverend Jones

Reverend Jones, pastor of  Baptist Church, Wheelwright, Kentucky. 1946


-Russell Lee: Wheelwright, KY photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

University Dance

Dance held at the University of Kentucky, 1974.

-University of Kentucky general photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Colored Music Festival

Children's chorus performing in the 1940 Colored Music Festival, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) event. 1940 May 12.


-Goodman-Paxton photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Main Street Baptist Church

Founded 1862 as Independent Baptist Church by Rev. Frederick Braxton. Located at 582 Main St, Lexington, KY. Property purchased from Mary Todd Lincoln.

-The Asa C. Chinn Downtown Lexington, Kentucky photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Colored Community Chest

A meeting of the leaders of the Lexington Colored Community Chest organization. Seated (from left to right): Mrs. Lucy Hart Smith, Mrs. Lydia Searcy, Ethel Taylor, Mrs. Shirley Hardy, Mrs. Lizzie Johnson; standing (from left to right): U.S. Fowler, A.R. Howard, Mrs. Elizabeth Moody and Clifton Coleman.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Hitch Barber Shop

Jouett (or Jewett)* Hitch, Pearl Porter and Edward Hitch, at the Paris, Kentucky barber shop Ed Hitch had operated for 40 years when this photo was taken in 1950. The barber shop at the time was located at 708 Main Street. 1950 September.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

*The work order to take the image lists Mr. Hitch as "Jouett," but his listing in the 1950 Paris, Kentucky City Directory has him as "Jewett."

Gertrude Mae Morbley

Gertrude Mae Morbley (1918-1988), writer of the Colored Notes column from 1962 until 1969 when the practice of formally segregating the news was ended at The Lexington Leader. Ms. Morbley worked at The Lexington Leader as an elevator operator, a reporter and finally a bookkeeper until her retirement in 1981. 1957 April.

-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson, Sports reporter for The Lexington Herald. 1950.

-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

WPA Chorus

Works Progress Administration (WPA) chorus performance. Undated.

-Goodman-Paxton photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

J. Alexander Chiles

J. Alexander Chiles, Lexington real-estate agent and lawyer.


-Collection on African Americans in Kentucky, 1870-1940

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Baptismal Pond

1919

-Johanna Rice van Outer family scrapbooks

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Girl Scout Day

Brownies enjoying Girl Scout Day at Mt. Brilliant Farm. Counselors are Mrs. Mary Caldwell Taylor, far left, and Miss Olive Jean Heckler. 1947 July 20.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Board of the Negro Y. M. C. A.

Board of directors for the Negro Young Men's Christian Association. (from left to right): Jerry Montgomery, J.T. Smith, J.W. Taylor, Nelson O'Neal, Ovan Haskins, and Dr. Johnson Camden Lee. 1951 April 22.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Schoolchildren in Jenkins, KY

Handwritten note on the image indicate that this is the "Burdine Colored School" in Jenkins, KY. Jenkins was created in 1911 by the Consolidation Coal Company, who owned the land and the majority of public buildings and private residences were built under their direction. Given the history of Jenkins, almost all the students pictured were the children of Consolidation coal miners. 1921 April 13.

More on Burdine in the Notable Kentucky African Americans Database entry on Education in Letcher County.

-The Jenkins, Kentucky Photographic Collection, 1911-1930.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

1950 Golden Gloves Tourney

1950 Champions. (from left to right): Hilliard Fann, Coach George Edwards, Jimmy Burns, Garland Dishman, William Talbott, Joe Ed Dawson, James J. Hayes, Dempsey Hale, W.H. Davis. 1950 January 25

1950 Novice Champions.  (from left to right) James Fisher, Lexington, light-heavyweight; Edward Martin, Lexington, middleweight; Russell McNeal, Lexington, lightweight; LeRoy Garvin, Kentucky State College, heavyweight; Charles Kennedy, Greendale, bantamweight. 1950 January 25

-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Learn-To-Swim Course at Joyland

Free swimming lessons offered by The Lexington Herald-Leader at Joyland Amusement Park, 1950 June 6. Joyland Park operated from 1923 until 1964. The area it occupied is currently a residential neighborhood that retained the Joyland name, northeast of the Lexington downtown center.


-John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs.

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones

Dunbar High School Basketball

Girl's and Boy's Basketball Teams, 1934 October 19

-Lafayette Studios photographs

2013 Black History Month exhibit by Reinette Jones