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This work contains information about French Emigrants to America over the years 1789-1799, and provides a history of the French Revolution. The work was originally in French, and was translated into English by an anonymous translator using the pen name, "A Lady." Published in 1800 in Lexington, KY
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The Undesign the Redline project unearths the deep and systemic history of structural racism and inequality in the United States. This interactive exhibit explores policies like Redlining, their implications for today, and what we can do to undesign them.
The exhibit was created by social impact design studio designing the WE and has been invited to dozens of cities across the country. A local advisory group has helped to produce local history and stories about Redlining in Lexington.
This book contains information about the history of the school, brief biographies of the officers, lists of white and African-American students from 1823-1923, trustees, board members, and instructors. There are several photographs included of significant individuals and the school
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Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s historic LGBTQ+ places. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music will play between the stops. You can pause the track while you walk between stops.
This tour covers a walking distance of 1.6 miles.
The book contains the history of the school, significant names, biographies of significant people involved in the school, the school charter, funds, and endowments, buildings, trustees, committee chairs, superintendents, faculty, teachers, and graduates. There are several pictures of the school and various significant people, including John J. Johnston, Robert Aug. Broadhurst, Belle Fitzpatrick, Samuel P. Lucy, Liccie Corbin, William F. Patterson, Edgar C. Riley, Zach C. Offutt, Lewis Letig Pinkerton, James Ware Parrish, Mark Collis, John Price Starks, and Ella Johnson Mountjoy.
The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.