Graduation Class

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This file appears in: Kentucky State University

President Atwood is shown with a group of graduating students in this 1931 photograph. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Kentucky State University

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1752 in Frankfort notes the 1886 founding of the only public Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in Kentucky. Before 1887, African American students had little choice…