Nearly 24,000 African American men from Kentucky fought in the American Civil War, and some of their stories are being told in a new exhibition in Downtown Louisville.
"We Fought for Our Freedom: Kentucky's African American Civil War Soldiers" is a partnership between Roots 101 African American Museum and the Reckoning Inc., a Louisville-based nonprofit dedicated to examining the legacy of slavery in America by looking at how the institution unfolded in Kentucky.
Lamont Collins, president and founder…
