Thank you to our Contributors:

  • The staff at ATBHK
  • Thomas D. Clark Foundation
  • Muhammad Ali Center
  • Kentucky State University
  • Berea College
  • Kentucky Historical Society
  • Frazier Kentucky History Museum
  • The University Press of Kentucky (UPK)
  • Kentucky Department of Education
  • The Filson Historical Society

Chronicles of the Commonwealth

Videos & Lesson Plans

Black Jockeys and Jim Crow

How did Black jockeys shape Kentucky’s horse racing tradition?

Segregation and Sundown Towns

How did racism shape Kentucky communities?

Intersectionality and Kentucky’s Civil Rights Movement

How did intersectionality impact Kentucky’s civil rights movement?

Appalachian Folk Music

How has the African Diaspora uniquely influenced the sound and story of Appalachian music?

African American Influence in Appalachian Coal Towns

African American Influence in Appalachian Coal Towns

Celebrity Athletes and Social Responsibility

To what extent did Muhammad Ali, as a prominent athlete and member of a marginalized community, bear a social responsibility to justice and equity?

My Old Kentucky Home

How did My Old Kentucky Home reflect and shape attitudes about race and identity in 19th century Kentucky–and what does that legacy mean today?

African American Cuisine

How can food be a source of cultural joy, pride, expression, resilience, and honor?