Dr. James Bond and the Lincoln Institute The Lincoln Institute was founded in 1909 for African American students who could no longer attend Berea College. The Day Law, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1904, mandated the segregation of Kentucky higher education institutions. The law was aimed at Kentucky’s  only interracial College at [...]

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Fort Knox may never have been built if Camp Zachary Taylor had not been constructed in Louisville. When it was announced that 16 Cantonments were going to be built by the US Government in various locations across the country, the Louisville Board of Trade lobbied for one of them to be built here. The Board [...]

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Here is another tidbit of information about Camp Taylor that you may not know. We have just heard the local weather media this week, going on about the current cold snap. Yesterday, they announced the end of the fourth longest run of consecutive days below 32 deg. at 11 days. The longest period of consecutive [...]

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