African Americans in Boyle County
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People
President -- Michael Thomas Hughes
Vice President -- Charles D Grey
Secretary/Publicity -- Michael J Denis
Treasurer -- Betty White
Program Development Consultant -- Regina Brayboy
Administrative Assistant -- Debbie Prince
Events Coordinator -- Linda Warren
Research Coordinators -- Bill Stocker, Barry Sanborn
Military Consultant -- James Hunn
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We are open on Saturday
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to schedule an appointment outside these hours, just scan the
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DBCAAHS
Basic Information
-- Amelia
Sleet Burton Colored School
Files
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We
Were Here:
African American History in
Danville and Boyle County --
History of communities, people, schools,
churches, military, anything having to do with African American history in Danville and Boyle County
-- updated August 2022
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African
American Genealogies of
Boyle County, Kentucky --
At nearly 1,150 pages, and over 1200
surnames, this is a comprehensive genealogy of Black families in Boyle County and other area
counties.
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Hilldale
Cemetery Records --
As of June 2021, over 1,800 MAPPED burials in all FIVE sections of
this historic cemetery, plus another 1,600 burials, but have no markings. This
is the first time in Hilldale's 151 year history (first burial
1869) that the entire 7.5 acres of the Cemetery have been
mapped.
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Vital
Records
Other
Records
Communities
Presentations
PDF or PowerPoint presentations, some
finished, others still working documents.
Interviews of African Americans
-- Centre College professor, Dr. Jeffrey
Shenton, advises us that
"The oral history site represents the first draft of an ongoing project and this
certainly can and should change according to your suggestions and
future data collection." https://wewerehere.omeka.net/
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