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Let's Dance: Yesterday's African American Entertainers from Kentucky

"Let’s Dance: Yesterday’s African American Entertainers from Kentucky" was a lecture presented by Reinette F. Jones on April 8, 2021. It was part of the Spring 2021 semester’s Donovan Forum Series hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kentucky.

In this presentation only eight persons are highlighted. But let it be noted that the state of Kentucky has made major contributions to the entertainment industry in the United States and abroad. There have been hundreds of African Americans from Kentucky who contributed toward keeping the auditoriums filled with a satisfied audience. The performers have been singers, dancers, actors and actresses, musicians, playwrights, song writers, bandleaders, comics, and various other forms of entertainment. The performers were also activists and fighters who faced racial controversy in their careers while making a better way for those who followed. The consistent thread among them all is the Kentucky connection that was many times used to pull one another up and buoy the soul at the next level.

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  • Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, and Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program by Reinette F. Jones

    Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, and Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program

  • Jim Crow, Louisville, Kentucky, 1830 by Reinette F. Jones

    Jim Crow, Louisville, Kentucky, 1830

  • Reuben Crowders aka Ernest Hogan (1860-1909). Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky by Reinette F. Jones

    Reuben Crowders aka Ernest Hogan (1860-1909). Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky

  • Lulu Vere Childers (1870-1946). Born in Dry Ridge, Kentucky by Reinette F. Jones

    Lulu Vere Childers (1870-1946). Born in Dry Ridge, Kentucky

  • Nellie Conley aka Madam Sul-Te-Wan (1873-1959). Born in Louisville, Kentucky by Reinette F. Jones

    Nellie Conley aka Madam Sul-Te-Wan (1873-1959). Born in Louisville, Kentucky

  • James Hembray Wilson, Sr. (1880-1961). Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky by Reinette F. Jones

    James Hembray Wilson, Sr. (1880-1961). Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky

  • Charlotte “Lottie” Gee (1886-1973). Born in VA, grew up in Newport, Kentucky by Reinette F. Jones

    Charlotte “Lottie” Gee (1886-1973). Born in VA, grew up in Newport, Kentucky

  • Ezzrett Anderson, Jr. “Sugarfoot” (1920-2017). Graduate of Kentucky State University (Frankfort) by Reinette F. Jones

    Ezzrett Anderson, Jr. “Sugarfoot” (1920-2017). Graduate of Kentucky State University (Frankfort)

  • The Cowboy Steve Show, Steve L. Taylor (1922-1993). Born in Madison County, Kentucky by Reinette F. Jones

    The Cowboy Steve Show, Steve L. Taylor (1922-1993). Born in Madison County, Kentucky

  • Kentucky Harmony Singers of the Housewife Training School, Fulton, Kentucky (1923-19??) by Reinette F. Jones

    Kentucky Harmony Singers of the Housewife Training School, Fulton, Kentucky (1923-19??)

 
 
 

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