percent. However, the African American population of Louisville continued to grow. Between 1930 and 1970, over 17,000 black migrants moved to the city. The staggering migration numbers in Kentucky demonstrate not only the racial challenges of living in rural Kentucky, but also the determination of African Americans to seek better economic and educational opportunities for their families. While voting was never officially denied to blacks in Kentucky after the Civil War, for over a century thousands of African Americans their racial violence, labor exploitation, and the lack “voted with feet” against of educational opportunities for their children. See: in Migration in Louisville, Adams, Luther. “‘Way Up North Louisville’: African-American Kentucky, 1930-1970.” of Pennsylvania, 2002. PhD dissertation, University Hogan, Roseann Reinemuth. Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Inc., 1992. Research. Painter, Nell Irvin. NY: W.W. Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas after Reconstruction. Norton, 1992. Wright, George C. A History of Blacks in Kentucky, Vol. 2: In Pursuit of Equality, 1890-1980. Frankfort: Lexington Historical Society, 1992.
percent. However, the African American population of Louisville continued to grow. Between 1930 and 1970, over 17,000 black migrants moved to the city. The staggering migration numbers in Kentucky demonstrate not only the racial challenges of living in rural Kentucky, but also the determination of African Americans to seek better economic and educational opportunities for their families. While voting was never officially denied to blacks in Kentucky after the Civil War, for over a century thousands of African Americans “voted with their feet” against racial violence, labor exploitation, and the lack of educational opportunities for their children. See: Adams, Luther. “‘Way Up North in Louisville’: African-American Migration in Louisville, Kentucky, 1930-1970.” PhD dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 2002. Hogan, Roseann Reinemuth. Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Inc., 1992. Painter, Nell Irvin. Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas after Reconstruction. NY: W.W. Norton, 1992. Wright, George C. A History of Blacks in Kentucky, Vol. 2: In Pursuit of Equality, 1890-1980. Frankfort: Lexington Historical Society, 1992.