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Bernard Clay Author Bio
Bernard Clay
Kentucky native Bernard Clay grew up in the now demolished Southwick housing projects in Louisville’s “West End.” He has spent years developing a deep appreciation of the state’s unique natural and urban areas. Bernard earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Kentucky Creative Writing Program and is a member of the Affrilachian Poets collective. His work can be found in various journals and anthologies. He currently lives on Scorpion Hollow Farm in eastern Kentucky with his herbalist partner Lauren, founder of Resilient Roots, where he homesteads and continues writing. English Lit is his first book.
Frank X Walker Author Bio
Frank X Walker
Danville, Kentucky native, multidisciplinary artist and educator, Frank X Walker, is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. He is the author of the children’s book, A is for Affrilachia, and thirteen collections of poetry, including Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers, which was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award, Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York, which won the Lillian Smith Book Award, Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride, which he adapted for stage, earning him the Paul Green Foundation Playwrights Fellowship Award, and his latest, Load In Nine Times.
Voted one of the most creative professors in the south, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets. His honors include a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry, two Denny C. Plattner Awards for Outstanding Poetry, West Virginia Humanities Council’s Appalachian Heritage Award, as well as fellowships and residencies with Cave Canem, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Kentucky Arts Council. In 2020 Walker received the Donald Justice Award for Poetry from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from the University of Kentucky, Transylvania University, Spalding University, and Centre College. He serves as Professor of Creative Writing and African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky.
More information can be found at FrankXWalker.com
Loretta Williams Author Bio
Loretta Williams
Loretta Williams is a Peabody award-winning reporter, producer, and editor interested in stories that delve into America’s cultural divides. She’s been a producer and editor for NPR and SoundVision Productions. Since 2008 she’s been a freelance journalist working on a wide range of projects such as ISeeChange.org, Scene on Radio from the Center for Documentary Studies, and the Us & Them podcast. Her paternal great grandfathers both served in the USCT, one in the 11th USHA and the other in the 26th USCT.
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Excerpted from African American Faces of the Civil War by Ronald S. Coddington.
Copyright 2012 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted by permission of the author and Johns Hopkins University Press. https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/10717/african-american-faces-civil-war
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Using Church Records to Find Enslaved Ancestors
April 8 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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This workshop will be held from 2-4 p.m. at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., and will focus on how to use online church records to search for enslaved ancestors—in particular a database of Catholic baptismal records created by local non-profit organization Reckoning, Inc. It is recommended that participants have either attended the previous workshop, “Introduction to African American Genealogy,” or otherwise have some experience with genealogical research. This workshop will be conducted by Denyce Peyton, a professional genealogist with over 25 years of experience who is currently project director for Reckoning, Inc.’s Kentucky U.S. Colored Troops Project.
The workshop is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
Presented by Kentucky Center for African American Heritage in partnership with Reckoning, Inc.
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April 8
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2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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1701 W Muhammad Ali Blvd
Louisville, KY 40203
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