Kentucky State University (KSU, or less commonly, KYSU, to differentiate from Kansas State University) is a four-year institution of higher learning, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, the Commonwealth's capital. The school is an historically black university, which desegregated in 1954. It is also an 1890 Land Grant university which serves the citizens of Kentucky through its cooperative extension program. More than half of the student body is African-American today.
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- Kentucky State University (KSU, or less commonly, KYSU, to differentiate from Kansas State University) is a four-year institution of higher learning, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, the Commonwealth's capital. The school is an historically black university, which desegregated in 1954. It is also an 1890 Land Grant university which serves the citizens of Kentucky through its cooperative extension program. More than half of the student body is African-American today. It is listed as "A Best Southeastern College" by the Princeton Review and as a U.S. News and World Report "America's Best Colleges 2007. " The current university president is Dr. Mary Evans Sias.
- Die Kentucky State University (auch KSU oder KYSU genannt) ist eine staatliche Universität in Frankfort im US-Bundesstaat Kentucky. Derzeit sind 18.391 Studenten eingeschrieben, davon sind etwa die Hälfte Afroamerikaner.
- Kentucky State University er et delstats-tilknyttet universitet i Frankfort i delstaten Kentucky, USA. Det ble opprettet i 1886 som State Normal School for Colored Persons og er et av de historiske svarte universiteter i USA. I 1890 ble KSU et land-grant-universitet og har sitt eget kooperative landbrukskontor (cooperative extension program). I 1954 fikk hvite adgang til lærestedet, og i 1972 fikk det full universitetsstatus. Dagens skoler er: College of Arts, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies College of Mathematics, Sciences, Technology and Health College of Professional Studies Ved universitetet var det 2 500 studenter og 192 vitenskapelig ansatte i 2006, og samme året var skolepengene US$ 5 378 for studenter folkeregistrert i delstaten. Studiene gis opp til mastergradsnivå.
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- NBA and college basketball player, who is listed among the top rebounders in college basketball history, starred on KSU's 1970 and 1971 national championship teams. Holds the NAIA records for Rebounds in a Season .
- -Notable Orator
- Basketball player Basketball player ; the first from KSU to be drafted by the NBA in 1970 (Cincinnati Royals)
- Became one of the first African Americans from a predominantly African American school to play professional football when he joined the Los Angeles Dons of the old All-American Football Conference in 1947. He also played with the Los Angeles Mustangs. He played for the Hollywood Bears in the Pacific Coast League when they won the title.
- Christian rap artist known as "The Novelist"
- College basketball star on Kentucky State University's 1970, 1971, and 1972 NAIA National Championship teams. Grant holds the NCAA All-Divisions all-time record for field goals in a career (1,760), as well as the all-time total points record in NCAA All-Divisions history (4,045). He also held NAIA records for Career Points Average (33.4, fourth on the NCAA All-Divisions list) and Field Goals in a Season (539). He is fourth on the NCAA All-Divisions list for Total Points in a Season with 1304 points and eleventh for Single-Season Average with 39.5 in 1972. In 1970, he scored 75 points in a game versus Northwood. Won the NAIA Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award in 1971 and 1972. Earned NCAA Division II First Team All-American honors in 1971 and 1972. Selected number 13 in the 1972 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and played four seasons in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association, averaging 15.7 points per game, including 25.2 in the '73-74 season for the San Diego Conquistadors
- Educator & poet; poet James Still called her “Kentucky’s Emily Dickinson”
- Educator and helped establish a hospital for African Americans in Frankfort; member of first graduating class at Kentucky State
- Educator and nationally-recognized expert on the history of African Americans in Kentucky
- Educator, historian and athlete; preserved much of what Kentucky State now has in the way of books and documents about the early years of Kentucky State; started some of the 1st football, baseball & track teams at KSU, known as the “Father of Athletics” at Kentucky State
- Educator; high school principal for 21 years and administrator in the Louisville schools system
- Ensign in the United States Coast Guard during WWII; became the third African American commissioned officer in the Coast Guard; later became executive with Coca Cola
- Filipino Player of the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association, 2008-09 Philippine Basketball Association MVP
- First African-American Mayor of the city of Blountstown, Florida (2007)
- Former mayor of Glasgow, Ky; first Black mayor of a Kentucky city
- Former professional football player who played six seasons in the NFL (1982-1987) and later starred in the CFL
- In 2001, he became the first African American Chief of Police in Lexington, KY. In 2007, he retired from the Lexington Police Department and became Assistant Vice President for Public Safety at the University of Kentucky.
- Member of Women’s Army Corps during WWII; 1st African American officer of an all-white company
- Taught school for four years in Harrodsburg, KY, before marrying James D. Barnes and moving to Oberlin, OH, in 1904. Was editor of the Girl's Guide and of the Queen's Gardens, official publication of the Ohio Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The organization was developed in the early 1930s by Barnes, who also served as the president. Barnes also was in charge of a million dollar drive for funds at Wilberforce University; in 1939 she had been appointed a trustee at Wilberforce by Ohio Governor John Bricker. A building on the campus was named in her honor and Barnes received an honorary doctor of humanties degree. She was a leader among African American women in the Republican Party and was a delegate-at-large for the Republican State Convention in 1940. The Margaret Barnes Welfare Club, established in 1930, was named in her honor. The club belonged to both the national and the Ohio Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.
- The group Midnight Star was formed in 1976 when the members were students at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, KY. Brothers Reginald Calloway, on trumpet, and Vincent Calloway, on trombone, both from Cincinnati, Ohio, were joined by vocalist Belinda Lipscomb from Louisville, KY. Beginning in 1980, the group's first albums (The Beginning, Standing Together and Victory) were recorded using studio musicians. A full band was later added with Melvin Gentry on guitar, Kenneth Gant on bass, Bobby Lovelace on drums, and Bo Watson on keyboard. Midnight Star was the only African American group with a platinum album in 1983, thanks to the huge success of the single (and album) No Parking on the Dance Floor. The single Freak-A-Zoid was number two on the R&B charts. The group's success continued with the album Headlines becoming their third and final gold album. Later albums did not sell well, and the group broke up in 1990, the members going on to have other successful endeavors. In 1998 the group members reunited as Midnight Star, minus the Calloway brothers, and they often perform in Kentucky.
- Tuskegee Airman officer whose plane was lost over Sicily during WWII
- Was a teacher, principal, and supervisor with the Indianapolis Public Schools, and the first African American administrator and recruiter for African American teachers. He helped integrate the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity at Butler University In 1956 when he became the first African American chartered member. He was also the second African American member of the USA American Association of School Personnel Administrators.
- Was elected the first African American councilman in La Grange, KY. in 1969.
- became the second President of Norfolk State College in 1975
- first African American to head the United States Civil Service Commission; appointed by Pres. Carter and confirmed by the United States Senate; 1st Black to hold a presidential cabinet position
- first African-American Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
- first black man to play in the Canadian Football League; played for the Montreal Alouettes 1946-1957 and was a seven-time All-Star; played in 5 Grey Cup Championships, winning in 1949; was inducted into the in 1975.
- former All-American Quarterback; Nicknamed "Tarzan" for his athletic prowess, dominated black college football in the 1930s while leading Kentucky State to a national championship in 1934; led the Thorobreds to a 1935 Orange Blossom Classic victory over Florida A&M en route to an impressive 29-7-3 overall record during his playing years; a three-time First Team All-America selection from 1934-36 by the Pittsburgh Courier, is the first person in KSU history to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; inducted into the Kentucky State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975; following his player career, served as a coach, teacher and school principal; as a result of his significant contributions as a recreational director in Owensboro , Ky. , a park was named in his honor.
- former civil rights leader, educator and executive; former Executive Director who led the National Urban League through its most prosperous period;served many presidential commissions including as a Vietnam elections observer in 1967
- former college basketball standout; Drafted as the 19th player in the 1972 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals;
- former professional football player who played six seasons in the NFL (1999-2004)
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- Die Kentucky State University (auch KSU oder KYSU genannt) ist eine staatliche Universität in Frankfort im US-Bundesstaat Kentucky. Derzeit sind 18.391 Studenten eingeschrieben, davon sind etwa die Hälfte Afroamerikaner.
- Kentucky State University er et delstats-tilknyttet universitet i Frankfort i delstaten Kentucky, USA. Det ble opprettet i 1886 som State Normal School for Colored Persons og er et av de historiske svarte universiteter i USA. I 1890 ble KSU et land-grant-universitet og har sitt eget kooperative landbrukskontor (cooperative extension program). I 1954 fikk hvite adgang til lærestedet, og i 1972 fikk det full universitetsstatus.
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