Kenneth Bates collection
Title
Kenneth Bates collection
Description
Mr Kenneth Bates collection includes a newsletter from the Hopkinsville Housing Authority and clippings from the Kentucky New Era featuring prominent Hopkinsville African Americans. He also shared a large collage that featured Angela Davis and other Black Power activists, which once hung in Hopkinsville. Mr. Bates was a radio host for some time and shared interviews he conducted with African-American businessmen and leaders in Hopkinsville, including F.E. Whitney.
Collection Items
Senior Scene newsletter
Four page newsletter produced for the residents of the Hopkinsville Housing Authority titled Senior Scene. Includes photographs of residents and accounts of raffle winners and awards won by residents at the Western Kentucky State Fair.
"Group hopes to acquire old Booker T. Washington building"
!["Group hopes to acquire old Booker T. Washington building"](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/33489/archive/square_thumbnails/65396ebebd27574cc64b143d0545dd04.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=uor5mjNeGqpHrTpiHXUf0QcikNS-50qU6Apj7KiALI2nRO%7EcX-KZz9tGW704wgl%7E52tKLs0abSXsbDgjgG3oYo%7E17Ts6ZnFUazMInEKf9LyTnAoYErwvL3Y4wtW3XPknzIWr-hZAKvHSQdJZ8lYAlqJtsSjJeZkOG%7E53ubK47Lfo65yc6e4WmruCcoosdGu9k0cvoU%7E2faM%7EmMvMrkFU3157dX5X6WZJp9gc4ZmHa97rr51EXNjwSMMgjVCqy%7E0Ba%7EQGArPYy-n7BZcAILNpPeBOIsy4M88YxUZ5BVk-dmEZJPOD%7E87Byqw0gdFw7RRmjwKWbvSpnmLe1q9iG0cgWg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""Group hopes to acquire old Booker T. Washington building"")
Clipping of an article from the Feb, 21, 2002 issue of the Kentucky New Era newspaper about a community group's attempt to acquire the Booker T. Washington elementary school building in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
"Golden wedding celebrants"
!["Golden wedding celebrants"](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/33489/archive/square_thumbnails/f633363e751b67f4427a236cd9262f78.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=RO6hqEkNTc-nXGlLQlAJMXggheq8-LLc4LavyUKuASF9OCq2bp%7E%7ES%7EsFqikgX6ao5b9VEl7Whi2M5al-%7E2jF22TU%7ESR3DdlUDkp-cXvJKbDTfB3aEkh3hG0da4ufOAkHWxuAG02x0hMotJTUmBeRcdpMcb8mIJHqJlgZIoEkOokHwAnCxYwhZGNqa0%7Eo9%7E84m0rdJv1e5OI4zzdyO9okPrt3DC0XBghWM1OXXeEwkA5iH-4zzb6Fu30xxjHcmtlMv7%7EwwbHC%7EuriEaCzfopGT1oV6kaIaShxLPVm93bRjvDXYbNl5Hd6SwnputZRvQZkIGMg3PqSYqm1eG73uS7Wkw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""Golden wedding celebrants"")
Newspaper clipping commemorating the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Luther J. Buckner in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
