Celebrate National Sickle Cell Awareness Monthwith theThe Kentucky Center for African American Heritageand theSickle Cell Association of Kentuckiana What is Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)The cause of SCD is a defective gene called a sickle cell gene. In the United States, most people with SCD are African Americans; about 1 in 13 African American babies are […]
The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage presents the Voice of the Griot Podcast. This is our inaugural program, “Traveling While Black: Louisville’s Struggle to Desegregate Public Transportation.” This inaugural episode of Voice of the Griot features the story of one community’s resistance to racist efforts to create a segregated society by depriving African Americans […]
Celebrating the life of Walter W. Hutchins. The celebration will also be streamed live on Facebook @KYGRIOT
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage In Partnership with Reckoning, Inc. presents Denyce Peyton, Genealogist. This workshop is intended for anyone seeking to begin the process of building a family tree. No previous genealogical experience is required. Just come with any information you possess about all known elders in your family. It will be conducted […]
Join Us Every Tuesday for Jewelry Making! The Kentucky Center for African American HeritageSamuel Plato Industrial & Cultural Arts Institute Presents Open Studio with Gwendolyn Kelly & Julia Youngblood Explore your creativity through a variety of visual art techniques. All supplies and tools are onsite. Feel free to bring work in progress and supplies. Young […]
Kentucky Center for African American HeritagepresentsGriotSpeaks Series From Mother Nature to Human Nature, Part 1 A two-part lecture series by Dr. John Chenault. Dr. Chenault is an associate professor of medicine and the director of anti-racism initiatives for Undergraduate Medical Education at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. In Part One of his two-part […]
Join Us Every Tuesday for Jewelry Making! The Kentucky Center for African American HeritageSamuel Plato Industrial & Cultural Arts Institute Presents Open Studio with Gwendolyn Kelly & Julia Youngblood Explore your creativity through a variety of visual art techniques. All supplies and tools are onsite. Feel free to bring work in progress and supplies. Young […]
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage In Partnership with Kentucky Music Heritage Foundation, &The Friends of Cherokee State Historic Park presents A Night of Film and Music (Doors Open at 5:30 p.m.) Purchase Tickets 6:00 p.m. A Legacy Lost & Found: Segregation in Recreation This short documentary highlights the history of the Cherokee State Resort […]
Kentucky Center for African American HeritagepresentsGriotSpeaks Series From Mother Nature to Human Nature, Part 2 A two-part lecture series by Dr. John Chenault. Dr. Chenault is an associate professor of medicine and the director of anti-racism initiatives for Undergraduate Medical Education at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. In Part Two of this series, […]
Join Us Every Tuesday for Jewelry Making! The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage Samuel Plato Industrial & Cultural Arts Institute Presents Open Studio with Gwendolyn Kelly & Julia Youngblood Explore your creativity through a variety of visual art techniques. All supplies and tools are onsite. Feel free to bring work in progress and supplies. […]
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage In Partnership with Reckoning, Inc. presents Denyce Peyton, Genealogist. This workshop will focus on how one might find enslaved Kentucky ancestors using online databases developed by the local non-profit organization Reckoning, Inc. It is recommended that participants have either attended the previous workshop, "Introduction to African American Genealogy," or […]
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage In Partnership with Reckoning, Inc. presents Denyce Peyton, Genealogist. This workshop will focus on how to use online church records to search for enslaved ancestors—in particular, a database of Catholic baptismal records created by the local non-profit organization, Reckoning, Inc. This workshop will be conducted by Denyce Peyton, a […]
