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Discover the intersecting careers and legacies of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French in a new exhibition at the Frist Art Museum.

By Steve FlairtyNKyTribune columnistKentucky has a rich literary and historical landscape, for sure. And across the state, there are frequent events that showcase such. Here are a few that are h

MARIETTA — Three students from the region in a Marietta College History Department program recently showcased its public history minor with a trip to Gettysbu

Three students from the region in a Marietta College History Department program recently showcased its public history minor with a trip to Gettysburg National M

>> it does seem more vivid now and it has seemed that way especially since the massacre in charleston, in 2015. if not even before. a whole host of events and reactions have brought the civil war back into our consciousness. its always also there and everywhere we discuss reconstruction. whether the meeting of the 14th amendment, meeting of federalism, federal howevers estate power, and of course the meaning of race and equality. as long as we have a politics of race, we will always have this po...

Charleston in 2015, if not even before. a whole host of events and reactions have brought the civil war back into our consciousness. but its always also there in every way we discuss reconstruction, whether its about the meaning of the 14th amendment, the meaning of federalism, the meaning of federal power versus state power and of course the meaning of race and the meaning of equality. as long as we have a politics of race, we will always have this politics of civil war memory. the two go hand ...

Book World: How a Black man escaped a lynch mob - then sued its members Marjoleine Kars, The Washington Post Feb. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail By Ben Montgomery - - - In 2019, Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., introduced the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, named after the 14-year-old Chicago boy murdered in Mississippi in 1955. The legislation would at last make lynching a federal crime. The bill passed in the House only to stall in the Senate. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., thought its definition of lynching w...

Ben Montgomery on a Black man’s quest for justice in Jim Crow Kentucky.