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  2. University of Kentucky research links 'forever chemicals' and ...

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    Nov. 23—Over a lifetime, Kentuckians are repeatedly exposed to environmental pollutants known as "forever chemicals" — and a new study links such exposure to colorectal (colon) cancer.

  3. Juneteenth event aims to improve access to healthcare for ...

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    The event, which included partner organizations such as Kentucky African Americans Against Cancer, also had music, vendors, food trucks, a financial literacy program hosted by Republic Bank and ...

  4. History of African Americans in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Georgia Davis Powers, first African American Kentucky senator, (1923–2016) Moneta Sleet Jr., first African American Pulitzer Prize winner in photography (1926–1996) [9] Allen Allensworth, chaplain (1842–1914) bell hooks, author, academic, essayist, activist, born in Kentucky and came back to her land (1952–2021).

  5. Race and health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The cancer incidence rate among African Americans is 10% higher than among European Americans [33] and the mortality rate from asthma is twice the rate of European Americans. [34] African Americans are found to have some of the highest rates of chronic Hepatitis C and Hepatitis C-related deaths in comparison to other populations. [35]

  6. Rick Kittles - Wikipedia

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    On October 7, 2007, he was featured on the American TV newsmagazine 60 Minutes. In February 2008 he appeared in part 4 of African American Lives 2. He has published on genetic variation and prostate cancer genetics of African Americans.

  7. In 1919, Corbin expelled all its Black residents. Here’s why ...

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    Violence against Black people was a fairly common occurrence, but in Corbin, the goal was total erasure. Barter Theatre challenged me to create a monologue, a dramatic piece performed by one actor.

  8. List of African American newspapers in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    March 22, 1902 issue of the Kentucky Reporter of Owensville. Alice Allison Dunnigan, pioneering journalist whose newspaper career began at the Rising Sun and Globe Journal in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. [1] This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Kentucky. It includes both current and historical newspapers.

  9. Doris Y. Wilkinson - Wikipedia

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    Doris Yvonne Wilkinson (June 13, 1936 – June 23, 2024) was an American sociologist from Lexington, Kentucky, who was an instigator of racial integration at the University of Kentucky as the first African American to graduate from the University of Kentucky in 1958 as an undergraduate student.