Celebrating the Legacies of African-American Pioneers at UK
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View the slideshow above for photos of African-American pioneers at UK, featured in the new special collection from the UK Alumni Association.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2016) – At 19, he began college at the University of Kentucky, like many who came before and many who followed him. But that's where the similarities between John Wesley Hatch and any other UK student end.
It was 1948 and because of the Day Law, which prohibited different races from attending school together, Hatch wasn't allowed on campus. In an arrangement with UK, he was admitted into the UK College of Law, but he took his classes at Kentucky State University. UK professors drove daily to Frankfort to teach him.
After a year in isolation, he undertook his third semester on campus after a landmark decision desegregated the university and opened its doors to around 30 other students in 1949. The lawsuit was won by Lyman T. Johnson, the civil rights pioneer who came to UK as a 43-year-old graduate student and also happened to be Hatch’s 10th-grade history teacher at Louisville’s Central High School.
“I think I always knew … the potential of law to bring about social change," Hatch was quoted as saying in a 1994 Lexington Herald-Leader story. "There was no question in my mind (in 1948) that in order for the black community to grow and develop, we had to have access to professional education."
Both Hatch and Johnson are African-American pioneers who were not only the first to attend UK, but blazed the trail for thousands of minority students to follow them.
Celebrating these and many other legacies as part of Black History Month in February, the UK Alumni Association has compiled stories of achievement, adversity and progress. The special collection, “They Came Before: The Legacy of African-American Pioneers and Trailblazers at the University of Kentucky,” will debut in a print edition at the Alumni Association's Black History Month Celebration on Feb. 20.
From the first African-American admitted students in the 1940s to UK's first African-American drum major to lead the Wildcat Marching Band, the collection spans more than 60 years.
Mary Ann Henderson Adams became the first African American to earn a degree of any kind from UK when she graduated in 1950 with a master's degree in education. After earning her master's, Adams became a school teacher at Banneker High School in Cynthiana and later relocated to Lexington to continue her teaching career. She taught third and fourth-grade classes at Constitution and Maxwell elementary schools until she retired in 1989. In 2012, she was present when a long-awaited plaque was dedicated to honor the location of Banneker High School, which served African-American students in Harrison County until 1964.
Many others followed Adams. And they weren't only the first African Americans to receive this UK degree or that UK honor, many of these UK graduates were the first African Americans in their positions and leaders in their fields. They were founders of significant programs and societies. They helped integrate their professions, schools and towns. And to this day, their legacies continue to make a difference at the University of Kentucky.
Thanks to the efforts of Elaine A. Wilson, a pioneer herself as the first African-American president of the UK Alumni Association, these stories have come back to life.
"I think the Pioneer Project will encourage and inspire prospective students of all backgrounds to pursue their education at UK; it tells them and current students that they can reach heights here they may have never imagined before, just as these pioneers did before them," Wilson said. "And we hope with this collection, these pioneers continue to share this part of the university's history with current and future generations."
Wilson and African-American members of the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors reviewed alumni information to arrive at the collection of stories. During the review process, the committee worked to identify noteworthy achievements that illustrated the diversity of accomplishments of alumni.
"I'm so appreciative to all the staff and volunteers from the UK Alumni Association who made this possible," Wilson said. "Through this work, we hope these pioneers continue to share this part of the university's history with current and future generations."
The UK Alumni Association's Black History Month Celebration will begin at 5 p.m. at the King Alumni House, 400 Rose St. For more information, visit www.ukyalumni.net/celebration.
MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Harder, 859-323-2396, whitney.harder@uky.edu