Lynch Trojans
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At one time the town of Lynch had a significant African American population that was drawn there for coal mining. The Lynch Trojans, a semi-professional basketball team called the town home. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Lynch Colored School
Lynch Colored School
Historical Marker #2109 in Lynch, Kentucky (Harlan County) commemorates the history of the Lynch Colored School, a segregation-era school that educated the community's African American students.
When the coal boom hit eastern Kentucky in the…