Joseph S. Ballew: One of the First Black Police Officers in Omaha, Nebraska from Pulaski County, Kentucky

/*! elementor – v3.17.0 – 08-11-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9462020/joseph-s-ballew Joseph S. Ballew, one of the early African American police officers in Omaha, NE, joined the Omaha […]

Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial

/*! elementor – v3.17.0 – 08-11-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Ayokunle Odeleye created the twenty-foot tall “Memorial For Enslaved Persons” stainless steel sculpture to honor and commemorate the […]

Railroad Strike and Riot in Somerset March 1911

/*! elementor – v3.17.0 – 08-11-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} On March of 1911, a riot occurred in Somerset, Kentucky, when Negro strikebreakers were hired to replace the […]

Louis Garrett: Pulaski County Business Owner and Buffalo Soldier

/*! elementor – v3.17.0 – 08-11-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Louis Daniel Garrett was born on April 11, 1921 in Somerset, Kentucky.  Garrett graduated as salutatorian of his […]