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The State Association of Teachers in Colored Schools was organized in Frankfort, Kentucky by Kentucky State University’s first president John H. Jackson in 1877. The organization underwent three variations of names including the Kentucky Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, the Kentucky Negro Education Association (K.N.E.A), and lastly Kentucky Teachers’ Association (KTA). The Teachers’ Association main objective was to create, “An Equal Educational Opportunity for Every Kentucky Child.” The organization’s primary mission was to send a committee to the Kentucky General Assembly to advocate for improvements in black schools. In 1956 the KTA was subsumed into the Kentucky Education Association.
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The Kentucky Negro Education Association, 1877-1946
By Harvey C. Russell
Published 1946 by Guide Quality Press, Norfolk, Virginia
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Organization Name
- State Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (1877-1913)
- Kentucky Negro Educational Association (1913-1953)
- Kentucky Teachers’ Association (1953-1956)
Publications
- The K.N.E.A Bulletin (1923-1930, 1952-1953)
- The K.N.E.A Journal (1930-1952)
- K.N.E.A. Newsletter (1952-1953, supplement to Bulletin)
- K.T.A Journal (1953-1956)
- The K.T.A. Newsletter (1954)
- The K.T.A. Kernel (1954)
Headquarters
- 2518 Magazine Street Louisville, Kentucky (1928-1931)
- 2512 Magazine Street Louisville, Kentucky (1931)
- 1925 W. Madison Street Louisville, Kentucky (1932-1942, 1952-1953)
- 2230 West Chestnut Street Louisville, Kentucky (1942-1950)
- 1740 West Dumesnil Street, Louisville (1951)
Presidents
- John H. Jackson (1877)
- J. M. Maxwell (1878-1880)
- W. H. Jackson (1880)
- H. Shirley (1881-1882)
- W. H. Perry, Sr.(1883-1886)
- C. C. Monroe (1886-1888)
- J. S. Hathaway (1889)
- W. J. Simmons (1890)
- J. H. Jackson (1891)
- W. H. Mayo (1892-1893)
- R. Mitchell (1894)
- C. H. Parrish, Sr. (1895-1898)
- Miss M. S. Brown (1899)
- J. E. Wood (1899-1901)
- F. L. Williams (1901-1907)
- F. M. Wood (1908-1915)
- H. C. Russell (1915-1922)
- E. E. Reed (1922-1925)
- B. Davis (1925-1927)
- A. E. Meyzeek (1927-1929)
- W. H. Humphrey (1929-1931)
- D. H. Anderson (1931-1933)
- R. B. Atwood (1933-1935)
- W. S. Blanton (1935-1937)
- W. H. Fouse (1937-1939)
- S. L. Barker (1939-1941)
- H. E. Goodloe (1941-1943)
- Mrs. L. H. Smith (1943-1946)
- W. O. Nuckolls (1946-1948)
- W. H. Young (1948-1950)
- R.L Dowery (1951)
- A. R. Lasley (1953-1955)
- E. T. Buford (1955-1956)
- Elizabeth Dennis (1956-1957)
Executive secretaries and Journal Editors
- Atwood S, Wilson (1930-1942)
Journal Managing Editors: W. H. Humphrey (1930), D. H. Anderson (1931-1932), W. S. Blanton (1933), R. B. Atwood (1934-1935), W. S. Blanton (1936), W. H. Fouse (1938), S. L. Barker (1940-1941), H. E. Goodloe (1942) - W. H. Perry, Jr. (1942-1950)
Journal Managing Editors: H. E. Goodloe (1944), Mrs. Lucy Harth Smith (1945-1946), W. O. Nuckolls (1947-1948), Whitney M. Young (1949-1950) - W. L. Spearman, Executive Secretary and Editor (1951-1952)
- Mrs. Anita W. Robinson (1953-1956)
Journal Managing Editor: A. R. Lasley (1953-1955), E. T. Buford (1956) - J. M. Dodson (1956)
Journal Editor: N. B. McMillian (1956)
More Resources
- Kentucky Negro Educational Association, "Notable Kentucky African Americans Database" https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/410
- Bradley, T. L. (2010). Race to educate: African American resistance to educational segregation in Kentucky, 1865-1910. https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A181711/
- Coleman, A. L. (1955). Desegregation of public schools in Kentucky--one year afterward. The Journal of Negro Education, 24(3), 248. https://doi.org/10.2307/2293455
- Jones, R. (1997a). The early kinship: Kentucky negro public education, libraries, and librarians. Kentucky libraries, 61(3), 12–16. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_facpub/71
- Jones, R. (1997b). Kentucky negro education association (NKEA) journal: Accounting of Librarians and Libraries. Kentucky Libraries, 61(4), 15–19. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_facpub/72
- Mary E. Britton (1886). Speech before Kentucky’s state association of colored teachers, What is a Vote Worth? http://whatisavoteworth.org/mary-e-britton-speech-before-kentuckys-state-association-of-colored-teachers-1886/
- McDaniel, K. (2013). Local women: The public lives of black middle class women in Kentucky before the “modern civil rights movement.” Theses and Dissertations--History. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/history_etds/22
- McDaniel, K. C. (n.d.). Mary Ellen Britton: A Potent Agent for Public Reform | H-Kentucky | H-Net. https://networks.h-net.org/mary-ellen-britton-potent-agent-public-reform
- Russell, Harvey C. (1946). The Kentucky Negro Education Association, 1877-1946. Norfolk, Va : Guide Quality Press.
- Morris, E. W. (1967). Facts and Factors of Faculty Desegregation in Kentucky, 1955-1965. The Journal of Negro Education, 36(1), 75. https://doi.org/10.2307/2294569