Kinkeadtown
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Kinkeadtown is a historically African American section of Lexington Kentucky. It was established near the home of George Blackburn Kinkead (born 1849, not the former Secretary of State), behind several years after the American Civil War. Cities had growing populations of African Americans during the era.[1] Kinkead's home is now the Living Arts and Science Center. An archaeological report on the area was published in 1996.[2] Kinkead lived in what is now the Living Arts & Science Center.[3]
Some of the original homes were destroyed in a redevelopment effort during the 1990s.[4]
Lilia Garrison (born 1908), a resident of the area, was interviewed for an oral history project.[5] Mary Edna Berry, another resident, was also interviewed in 1989.[6] The Lexington Public Library heod an exhibition of photographs of Buddhism organized by Nancy O'Malley.[7]
Goodloetown was another area of Lexington developed for African Americans and named for the developer, a nephew of Cassius Clay.
References
- ^ O'Malley, Nancy (December 1, 2002). "The Pursuit of Freedom: The Evolution of Kinkeadtown, an African American Post–Civil War Neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky". Winterthur Portfolio. 37 (4): 187–218. doi:10.1086/381641 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
- ^ O'Malley, Nancy (December 9, 1996). "Kinkeadtown: archaeological investigation of an African-American neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky" – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/tom-eblen/article85086092.html
- ^ "Elm Tree Lane and Kinkeadtown (Lexington, KY) · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu.
- ^ "Interview with Lilia Garrison, September 16, 1992". kentuckyoralhistory.org.
- ^ "Interview with Mary Edna Berry, September 14, 1989". kentuckyoralhistory.org.
- ^ "Nancy O'Malley | University of Kentucky - Academia.edu". uky.academia.edu.