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2014 Black History Month Virtual Exhibit

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2014
aka AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH 2014

“Why the different names when it all means the same?”

  • First, there was Negro History Week beginning in 1926.
  • The week evolved into Black History Month in 1976.
  • Public Law 99-244 made it National Black (Afro-American) History Month in 1986.
  • Presidential Proclamation 6863 made it African American History Month in 1996.
  • Senate Resolution 229 renamed it Black History Month in February of 1996.
  • Presidential Proclamations still refer to the month as African American History Month.
  • The ASALH has always used the term Black History Month.
  • Black History Month is celebrated in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

*ASALH – Association for the Study of African American Life and History

The images depict various time periods in Kentucky and the ongoing search for the right answers. The photographs in this exhibit come from the University of Kentucky Special Collections.

This exhibit was completed by Reinette Jones with assistance from Lewis Ward, Jason Flahardy, and Deirdre Scaggs.

  • 2013 Black History Month Virtual Exhibit
  • 2015 Black History Month Virtual Exhibit
  • 2018 Black History Month Virtual Exhibit
  • 2019 Black History Month Virtual Exhibit
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  • Bishop Albert Mack, b. 1855 (TN) - d. 1913 (MO) by Reinette F. Jones

    Bishop Albert Mack, b. 1855 (TN) - d. 1913 (MO)

  • Cooks on Southern Railroad Dining Car #3618 by Reinette F. Jones

    Cooks on Southern Railroad Dining Car #3618

  • Janitors at State Normal School for Colored Persons, 1899 by Reinette F. Jones

    Janitors at State Normal School for Colored Persons, 1899

  • Wheelwright Miners First Aid Team, 1946 by Reinette F. Jones

    Wheelwright Miners First Aid Team, 1946

  • Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company, 1949 by Reinette F. Jones

    Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company, 1949

  • Pastor Elder Richard L. Saunders, Emma W. Saunders, and Others by Reinette F. Jones

    Pastor Elder Richard L. Saunders, Emma W. Saunders, and Others

  • Flood Refugee Camp for 1200 Negroes, Louisville, KY, 1937 by Reinette F. Jones

    Flood Refugee Camp for 1200 Negroes, Louisville, KY, 1937

  • Ada Meade Theater Colored Entrance, 1938 by Reinette F. Jones

    Ada Meade Theater Colored Entrance, 1938

  • Colored Section, Wheelwright Company Housing Project, 1946 by Reinette F. Jones

    Colored Section, Wheelwright Company Housing Project, 1946

  • Colored Section at Race Track, 1949 by Reinette F. Jones

    Colored Section at Race Track, 1949

  • Oscar [in U.S. Navy uniform] by Reinette F. Jones

    Oscar [in U.S. Navy uniform]

  • African Americans at Camp Nelson, KY, 1864 by Reinette F. Jones

    African Americans at Camp Nelson, KY, 1864

 
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