Former Kentucky State University student honored with building renaming

Former Kentucky State University student honored with building renaming

December 31, 1969

A former Kentucky State University student was recently honored by another institution of higher education in the Commonwealth.  Margaret Munday was recently honored by Western Kentucky University, as its first African American student to enroll, by renaming Northeast Hall to Mundy Hall.  Munday transferred to Western Kentucky University in 1956 and earned a bachelor’s degree in music in 1960. Click here to read the rest of Munday’...

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Former Kentucky State University interim president released new book; The Harlan Renaissance

Former Kentucky State University interim president released new book; The Harlan Renaissance

December 31, 1969

A former Kentucky State University interim president and director of the Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Disparities recently published a new book about Black life in Harlan County, Kentucky.  Dr. William H. Turner’s new book, The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns, is available now through West Virginia University (WVU) Press.  According to the WVU Press summary, “Turner recon...

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