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First Black Woman To Serve In Kentucky Legislature…

Kentucky voters elected the first Black woman in nearly 20 years to serve in the state legislature. The Democrat won…
05.19.16
Democratic Presidential Candidates Hillary Clinton And Bernie Sanders Take Part In Town Hall Meeting
Sanders' Oregon Win Extends Dem Presidential Primary

During a victory speech Tuesday in California, Sanders told supporters he planned to stay in the race "'til the last…
05.18.16
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Gynnya McMillen Died Of An Irregular Heartbeat

The death of Gynnya McMillen, 16, in a Kentucky detention center earlier this year sparked anger among civil rights activists…
03.30.16
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Trump Begets Violence?

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and his supporters were roundly criticized and condemned as racists after a video surfaced of…
04.25.16
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Woke High School Student Stirs Controversy

An English student’s comparison of a Ku Klux Klan member to a police officer in a school assignment rocked a Kentucky…
02.26.16
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Detention Center Employee Connected To Black Kentucky Teen’s…

Reginald Windham, a longtime employee of the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center, amassed a record of misconduct, including charges of…
02.10.16
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16-Year-Old Kentucky Girl Dies In Police Custody

Gynnya McMillen was discovered unconscious at the Lincoln Village Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabethtown, Ky.
01.19.16
Israelis of Ethiopian Origin Protest Racism in Kiryat Malakhi
"Punk A**" N-Word: Racist Taunts Black Kentucky Judge…

Adam Satterly earned 60 days behind bars for the outburst.
01.05.16
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Kentucky Sheriff Defends Officer Who Handcuffed 8-Year-Old Boy…

A video of a Kentucky officer restraining an 8-year-old boy in handcuffs for over 15 minutes is the focus of…
08.05.15
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“I’m Not Gonna Let Her Quit:” Viral Photo…

In a much-needed break from negativity about police encounters with African-Americans, a Louisville, Ky. officer is winning widespread praise after…
03.23.15
Louisville Policeman Arrested For Punching One Teen And…

Jonathan Hardin (pictured) was reportedly fired from his post as a school resource officer at the Olmstead Academy North in Louisville,…
02.07.15
Intoxicated Ex-Cop Acquitted Of Wanton Endangerment In Shooting…

A Louisville court cleared former officer Chauncey Carthan (pictured center) of wanton endangerment charges Thursday, almost three years after he drunkenly shot…
01.20.15
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Ky. Students: They’d Rather Starve Than Eat First…

Students in one rural Kentucky county are up in arms about the National School Lunch Program‘s healthy lunchtime offerings that are being…
06.19.19
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Teen Yells ‘Bingo’ At Crowded Hall And Gets…

There is one word in the English language that will forever make Austin Whaley (pictured) shake in his boots when…
06.19.19
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Kentucky Church Overturns Ban On Interracial Couples

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — An eastern Kentucky church under a firestorm of criticism since members voted to bar mixed-race couples from…
06.19.19
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Kentucky Church Bans Interracial Couples

PIKE, Kentucky-Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church a small church in Eastern Kentucky has voted to ban interracial couples from being members…
06.19.19
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UConn Holds On For 56-55 Win Over Kentucky

HOUSTON — When it’s win or go home, nobody’s better than Kemba and the kids. ALSO READ: HelloBeautiful.com’s 25 Women…
06.19.19
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Eight-Year-Old Boy Hung Until Unconscious By Bullies At…

Louisville, Kentucky– The father of a second grader who was found hanging unconscious in a Frayser Elementary school bathroom stall…
06.19.19
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Kentucky Senate Passes Bill To Teach Bible In…

KENTUCKY — The Kentucky Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would allow Bible classes to be taught in public…
06.19.19
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Veterans, Historians Honor Black Civil War Veterans In…

Kentucky (PittPostGazette)– Several veterans and historians gathered in Alleghany, Kentucky to honor the 180,000 African Americans who fought in the…
06.19.19
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