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John McGary

Historic central Kentucky Black community recognized with sign dedication

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Sioux Finney leads a small tour of the Huntertown Community Interpretive Park, which is dotted with 19 signs telling tales of the people who once lived there. Nan Wakefield, a UK history student who’s part of the team bringing the African American hamlet back to life, asks Finney a key question.

“If Huntertown was here until just, you know, 10 or 15 years ago, like, why are all the houses gone?”

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