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    mookygc wrote a new post, End of the Year 7 years, 11 months ago

    It is hard to believe that the end of the year is already upon us. At the beginning of this class, I had no idea the magnitude of the projects I would undretake, and the feeling of accomplishment I would gain. I […]

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    mookygc wrote a new post, Trip to Frankfort, Kentucky 7 years, 12 months ago

    A couple of weeks ago, April was declared “Fair Housing Month” by the governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, in honor of the Fair Housing Proclamation’s 45th anniversary. Luckily, my honors professor decided that it […]

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    mookygc wrote a new post, Martha Layne Collins 8 years ago

    My group and I are working on a web based project designed to honor Governor Martha Layne Collins’ contribution to the Civil Rights history of Kentucky. We are struggling to find footing with a thesis about […]

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    mookygc wrote a new post, African American Representation in Fayette County Publications 8 years, 1 month ago

    ThumbnailToday, I found a copy of a book published by the Fayette County Board of Education in 1955 entitled: “Let’s Go To School”  (pdf link). A very brief book composed primarily of pictures, it appears to have been an […]

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    mookygc wrote a new post, Mae Street Kidd, Passing for Black 8 years, 2 months ago

    ThumbnailPassing for Black
    The Life and Careers of Mae Street Kidd
    Wade Hall

    Mae Street Kidd was a determined, independent woman that defied the boundaries of race and ignored the restrictions of gender. To Mrs. Kidd, […]

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    mookygc wrote a new post, Mae Street Kidd, An Inspiration 8 years, 2 months ago

    ThumbnailMae Street Kidd had a lot of things to say about life in her narrative about her experiences growing up as a mixed race female in Kentucky during the Civil Rights Movement. Kidd spoke quite a bit about how others […]

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    mookygc wrote a new post, Segregation of schools in Kentucky 8 years, 2 months ago

    The Day Law of 1908 required the forced segregation of schools in Kentucky, and it was in place for nearly fifty years. With the argument that separate was not the same as equal, the NAACP organized resistance […]

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    mookygc commented on the post, Self Respect and Fear Stem From Segregation 8 years, 2 months ago

    I really like your focus on pride and self respect, and taking your own life and actions into your own hands.

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    mookygc commented on the post, Advancing the Race of African-Americans 8 years, 2 months ago

    The links you provide make it really easy to gain a historical and specific background to the topic.

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    mookygc wrote a new post, More is Less 8 years, 2 months ago

    I can not pretend to know much, if anything about life before the 1990s, especially not as an African American, and I have no basis to know what it was like to grow up in Kentucky, or anywhere else for that […]

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    mookygc wrote a new post, Segregation in Kentucky 8 years, 2 months ago

    ThumbnailThere is a “myth” of sorts in Kentucky that suggests segregation in Kentucky was not as bad as it was in parts of our country further South. Mainly, the example used to support this fact is that buses in most […]

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    mookygc commented on the post, Citizenship 8 years, 2 months ago

    There is definitely an interesting dichotomy that I am finding all over this subject, between what a woman’s place and/or role actually is.

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    mookygc commented on the post, Citizenship – Emma Guy Cromwell 8 years, 2 months ago

    I appreciate that you recognize how important it is to vote as an informed voter!

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    mookygc wrote a new post, Cromwell and Citizenship 8 years, 2 months ago

    In 1920, a booklet was published by a female activist named Emma Guy Cromwell. The booklet was entitled “Citizenship: A Manual For Voters“. I found Cromwell’s definition of citizenship quite accurate: “A citizen […]

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