Tuesday, October 7, 2014

AAS 200: Notable Kentucky African Americans Webpage Assignment



Greetings, Class Community.

One aspect of our learning asks students to create a webpage that makes a significant statement about a notable African American from Kentucky or the surrounding region. We will visit Librarian Rienette Jones and the King Library's Special Collections on October 14, 2014.

A successful project will express considerable information about a notable African American from Kentucky and research this person in context with a national/historical figure that has made similar contributions in African American life and culture. 

Convey your ideas using journalistic language or language similar to the language and vocabulary used in newspaper articles and credible blogs.

Dr. Hill


Here are examples of student research projects that students have produced in my courses. In class we will discuss best practices and how to build webpages.  An understanding of web audience preferences will add to this conversation.  

45 comments:

  1. After visiting the library , I am very interested in doing my research webpage on Alberta Odell Jones. I have much in common with her, especially since my aspiration is to pass the bar and become a prominent attorney.

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  2. I really am interested in doing my research webpage on either William Wells Brown (American's first black novelist. or Ballard William H Sr. (first AA man to open up a drug store). I am also looking for prominent black journalist from Kentucky who have made significant progress for our community so that would be something of my interest as well.

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    1. good luck! I would advise doing a black journalist or Ballard William H. Sr. Williams Wells Brown is a favorite subject of history, but someone has already done some research on him. If you have a new perspective, lets discuss the research in more detail. Also consider the 2015 NCUR competition.

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    2. I think I may want to do my research on William Venoid Banks who is considered to be the first African American to own and operate a television station in the United States.

      Let me know if that is ok.

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  3. I am thinking about looking in to Estill Monk. He is said to be one of the first settlers of Kentucky and the first freed African American in Kentucky.

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    1. sounds great. i can't wait to read the research.

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  4. I'm thinking about doing my project on Whitney Young. He was a American civil rights leader who wanted to end employment discrimination.

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    1. Tatiana,Whitney Young Jr. is a notable figure. Everyone loves to research his accomplishments. Because so much research has been done on Whitney Young Jr.. I must ask if you are considering Whitney Young (Sr.)? If you are considering Whitney Young Sr., please proceed. If you are considering Whitney Young Jr., please choose another person.

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  5. I am interested on doing my project on Elder Watson Diggs.

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  6. I am considering on doing my project on Margaret Garner.

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    1. please proceed with researching Margaret Garner

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  7. I am interested in doing my project over Muhammad Ali, he is arguably one of the greatest boxers of all time.

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    1. Bryson, I think Muhammad Ali would be an excellent research subject. It seems that both you and Jack are interested in him. Ironically, you both picked him and posted at the exact same minute.

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    2. Together, you will have to decide who is going to continue to research Muhammad Ali and who is going to choose another historical figure. Please decide by class.

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  8. I am interested in doing my project on Mohamed Ali. I think he is interesting because I lived on the same floor as his grandson back in the dorms

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    1. Jack, I think Muhammad Ali would be an excellent research subject. It seems that both you and Bryson are interested in him. Ironically, you both picked him and posted at the exact same minute.

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    2. Together, you will have to decide who is going to continue to research Muhammad Ali and who is going to choose another historical figure. Please decide by class.

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  9. Clarence Edward "Big House" Gaines, Sr.

    I like how he got a degree in a hard subject like chemistry and also was able o participate in sports. I appreciate that dedication.

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  10. I am interested in doing the Lexington Colored Orphanage industrial home

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    1. I think that will be very interesting. Are you choosing the orphanage over WACS?

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  11. I'm interested in doing my project on Terri Lynn Jewell, who prided herself on being an" African American lesbian, feminist, poet, and writer." She was the editor of The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya and the author of Our Names Are Many.

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  12. I am interested in doing my webpage on Evelyn Marie Samuels

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  13. I am interested in doing my webpage over Elmer S. Clark Jr, he is said to be a noted horseman, and a former athlete, educator, and coach. Also He was the first African American to become a peri-mutual judge of harness racing in the United States

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  14. I will be doing my project on Mervin "Merv" R. Aubespin.

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  15. Im doing my project on MAE STREET KIDD. I'm from Louisville, and I Live on the Street named after her (:

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  16. Im doing my project on Activist Theodore Calvin Wallace, Sr.

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  17. I would like to my project on Rainey Bethea, who was the "last" public execution in America.

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    1. This project should be interesting. It works. Good luck!

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  18. I would like to do my project on William "Bill" Wilson, politician and innovator in Louisville, Kentucky.

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    1. Brandon,

      I am not sure if William "Bill" Wilson has been entered into the NKAA database. I am also not sure he has lived long enough to be catalogued.

      If you would like to schedule a meeting with me where we can discuss your research on him in more detail, please schedule a meeting during office hours.

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  19. I want to do my project on Wilson Pickett Jr. (Writer of classics like "Mustang Sally" and "In the Midnight Hour")

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    1. Sounds great! Be sure to include some clips of his music into your project.

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  20. I am going to do my project on Viola Davis Brown, the first African American admitted to a nursing school in Lexington.

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    1. Viola Davis Brown should be a very interesting project. Good luck, Alexus!

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  21. I will be doing my project on the Urban League

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  22. I will be doing my project on Effie Waller Smith, an African-American poet of the early twentieth century.

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