Kentucky was the last state in the South to introduce the practice
of racially segregated schools. Yet, it was one of the first to
break down racial barriers in higher education. What happened in
the intervening live decades, during which the Commonwealth
seemingly followed the typical southern patterns of separation?
After the passage of the infamous Day Law in 1904, which forced
segregation of the state's public and private schools, black
educators accepted the belief of the state's white leaders that
vocational education best served the needs of African Americans. In
the late 1920s there began a shift toward liberal arts curricula,
along with efforts to upgrade faculty credentials in black
colleges, though black faculty were not allowed to attend in-state
graduate and professional schools. The 1940s and early 1950s saw
important challenges to the Day Law -- most notably, Lyman
Johnson's suit for admission to the University of Kentucky's
doctoral program in history -- and attacks on salary and funding
discrimination based on race.
Fifty Years of Segregation places Kentucky's experience within
the context of regional and national struggles against segregated
higher education. This well-written, carefully researched study of
a crucial half-century in Kentucky's history will appeal to anyone
with an interest in the Commonwealth.
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