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The Jackson Family Legacy in Kentucky

Written by Aleta Hodge, a Jackson descendant In July 2011, the Jackson family, descendants of three brothers (Jordan Carlisle Jackson, Jr., Edward W. Jackson and John Henry Jackson and their uncle, Edward C. Jackson) held a reunion and visited four locations in Kentucky to connect with their family history. Despite …

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History Mystery: Lab Coat Conundrum

KHS is looking to learn more about this image of seven African American men wearing lab coats on the steps of an unidentified building.  Photographed in 1934, and part of the Wolff, Gretter, Cusick and Hill Studios Negatives (Graphic 2), the original housing indicates that Geneva Howard requested this image …

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