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Kentucky African American Encyclopedia (Contributor - 5 entries)

Kentucky African American Encyclopedia (Contributor - 5 entries)

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The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state’s general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth

ISBN

978-0-8131-6065-8

Publication Date

2015

Publisher

University Press of Kentucky

City

Lexington, KY

Disciplines

African History | Cultural History | Public History

Comments

Nancy Richey is an Associate Professor and the Visual Resources Librarian for the Department of Library Special Collections at WKU. A native of Mt. Hermon, Kentucky, Richey has been a faculty member at WKU since July 2008. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and WKU where she received degrees in Information Science and Southern History. Richey has served on various historical boards, including Janice Holt Giles Society, Morrison Park Camp Meeting Site Restoration Board and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She loves local history and notes that it is not “national history writ small” but that the stories others may have thought “too small” to tell can also be saved in this way.

Kentucky African American Encyclopedia (Contributor - 5 entries)

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