Uncovering hidden histories of enslaved people in Campbellsville, KY

RUX alumni Shaelyn Bishop & Bernard Clay along with research assistant Zoë Scott work on an Intercultural Microgrant project to uncover and share the hidden histories of the enslaved people who once worked the land that now includes Clay Hill Memorial Forest in Campbellsville, KY.

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The Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange (RUX) Intercultural Microgrant Program launched in 2023. We are deeply grateful to the Pluralism and Civil Exchange program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Their support helped us launch this microgrant program and invest in our alumni network to employ the skills they’ve learned in the RUX program to the benefit of their state and local communities.

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