Lyman Johnson and R. B. Atwood

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This file appears in: Desegregation of UK

Lyman Johnson, right, and Kentucky State University President R. B. Atwood, leave federal district court in Lexington, after the court ruled in favor of Johnson's admission to the University of Kentucky, March 1949.
Photo courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Desegregation of UK

By Becky Riddle
Given to the University of Kentucky by the class of 1999, Historical Marker #2022 commemorates the desegregation of UK. In 1948, Lyman T. Johnson filed suit for admission to the university. In March…