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President Abraham Lincoln is reelected, Kentucky is one of three states won by Lincoln’s opponent.

President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation that frees enslaved people in the rebellious states and authorized the enlistment of African Americans in the US military. The border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland were excluded from the terms of the proclamation.

Pro-Unionist state legislature elected in Kentucky.

Protests against police brutality and institutionalised, historic racism take place across Kentucky,

Shooting of ten congregants at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white supremacist. The shooter had previously posted photographs of himself with white supremacist emblems, including the Confederate flag, online. The event sparks national discussion about the place of Confederate monuments and symbolism in US public life.

Skirmish at Hickman Bridge on the Kentucky River, near the site that became Camp Nelson.

Supreme Court issues the Plessy v. Ferguson decision and advances the “separate but equal” doctrine. The decision rules that racial segregation laws are not unconstitutional provided that facilities for both races are of equal quality.

Surrender at Appomattox Court House. In the weeks that followed, Confederate military forces surrendered across the country, ending the Civil War. Camp Nelson continues to operate as a military base and refugee center.

The “Day Law,” a bill introduced by Rep. Carl Day of Breathitt County, KY, to “prohibit white and colored persons from attending the same school” comes into effect in Kentucky. Its prime target is the integrated student population of Berea College.

The “Day Law” becomes illegal under the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which rules that the racial segregation of public schools is unconstitutional.

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