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| People
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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
The Present
DBCAAHS
Basic Information
Past
Events and Upcoming
Events Amelia
Sleet Burton Colored School
Items
for Sale |
African Americans in Boyle County --
publication in October 2022.
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| The
Past
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 April 2022
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.
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 for those
who rest there, but have no markings or gravestones. 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.
Vital
Records -- Cemetery Records (other than Hilldale), Death Records, Funeral
Programs, Marriages
Other
Records -- Bate School, Census Records, City
Directories, Military Records, Miscellaneous Records (Schools, Free Blacks, Wills Listing Slaves)
Information
on the Communities -- Churches, Organizations, Settlements
Images
-- Bate School, Buildings, Churches, Maps,
People, Street Scenes
Presentations
-- PDF and PowerPoint Programs
Interviews of African Americans
-- Centre College professor, Dr. Jeffrey Shenton,
with whom we have been working for several months advises us that
"The oral history site from ANT 389 is up and running! . . .
This 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://creatingadiversecentre.omeka.net/exhibits/show/livedhistories
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