- A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X. Walker
- is the first African American writer to be named
- Kentucky Poet Laureate.
- Voted one of the most creative professors in the south,
- Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and
- co-founded the Affrilachian Poets.
- Dr. Walker is currently the Professor of English and
- African American and Africana Studies
- at the University of Kentucky.
Frank X. Walker presents
"How African American Resistance and Resilience in Kentucky Won the Civil War"
Margaret Garner, Lewis Hayden, Minister Gabriel Burdette, the fathers of Paul Lawrence Dunbar and General Charles Young, as well as the over 23,000 men who became USCT, exemplified the resilience epitomized by African American Kentuckians before, during and after the Civil War, validating Abraham Lincoln’s prescient statement that, "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky."
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)
IN PERSON: Boone County Public Library (map)
1786 Burlington Pike Burlington, KY 41005
VIA ZOOM: PRE-REGISTER HERE
IN PERSON: Boone County Public Library (map)
1786 Burlington Pike Burlington, KY 41005
VIA ZOOM: PRE-REGISTER HERE
A little bit about us...
Formed in 2011, the African-American Genealogy Group of Kentucky is the first of its kind in the Commonwealth to focus on aspects of genealogical research unique to the African American community. "The Group" meets monthly on Third Saturdays and at other times when we have the opportunity to share.
Our mission is to fill the void created where the history of Black Kentuckians have been omitted or inadequately researched and recorded. Our members hail from coast to coast, north to south, with connecting ties to the Commonwealth.
Formed in 2011, the African-American Genealogy Group of Kentucky is the first of its kind in the Commonwealth to focus on aspects of genealogical research unique to the African American community. "The Group" meets monthly on Third Saturdays and at other times when we have the opportunity to share.
Our mission is to fill the void created where the history of Black Kentuckians have been omitted or inadequately researched and recorded. Our members hail from coast to coast, north to south, with connecting ties to the Commonwealth.
"I too am of the hills, my folks have corn rowed tobacco, laid track, strip mined, worshipped and whiskied from Harlan to Maysville, old Dunbar to Central...We put the heat in the hot brown and gave it color.
Indeed some of the bluegrass is black."
- from Kentucke by Frank X Walker
Poet Laureate of Kentucky 2013 - 2015