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Guests listen during the When Reason Sleeps, Brutality Walks Free tour on Monday, Feb.17, 2025 at Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate in Lexington, Kentucky. Sydney Yonker | Staff

Henry Clay Memorial Foundation’s Black History Month tour ‘When reason sleeps, brutality walks free’

Monserrat Moctezuma Perez, Reporter February 20, 2025

Black History Month is a month designated to remembering and celebrating Black history and culture, and for the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation that means sharing the stories of those enslaved. On Monday,...

A front seat is reserved for Rosa Parks on a campus- bound Red Mile Lextran Bus in Lexington, Kentucky, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in honor of Parks’ birthday.Photo by Sarah Ladd | Staff

‘A reminder of how she changed America.’ UK students reflect on bus seat reserved for Rosa Parks

Natalie Parks February 17, 2019

Students boarding a Lextran bus in February may have noticed a new addition—a seat reserved for Rosa Parks.The reserved seats started on Parks’ birthday, Feb. 4, to honor her actions and “remind...

The sculpture of Alice Dunnigan, the first black, female journalist to receive White House credentials is on loan at the Newseum on Friday, September 21, 2018 in Washington, D.C. The sculpture was created by Kentucky sculptor Amanda Matthews and will be permanently installed in Dinnigan's hometown, Russellville, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Statue of Kentucky journalist Alice Dunnigan unveiled at Newseum

Bailey Vandiver September 21, 2018

Thirty-five years after her death, journalist Alice Allison Dunnigan stands tall in the Newseum.Her likeness and legacy live on through a sculpture that was unveiled Friday in Washington, D.C.The sculpture...

Kentucky sculptor Amanda Matthews stands over the recently cast bronze head of Alice Dunnigan, the first black female journalist to receive credentials for the White House on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Iconic: After a lifetime of breaking barriers, Alice Dunnigan is memorialized in bronze

Bailey Vandiver September 9, 2018

Pieces of her body lay scattered on the floor.The light coming in the window illuminated the details: the pearls in her ears and around her neck, the gloves covering her hands, the newspaper lying next...

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