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Mayfield Ten
The Mayfield Ten were ten African-American students in Graves County, Kentucky who chose to integrate the white high school in Mayfield, Kentucky in 1956. Established in 1908, Mayfield High School (Kentucky)#History, Mayfield High School was the white high school of Mayfield. Ten students from Dunbar ("Colored") High School chose to integrate into Mayfield High School. Dunbar High School At the height of the Jim Crow era in the 1890s, Mayfield had witnessed terrible violence based on race. Since 1900 there were twenty schools in Graves County dedicated to serve black students, though few graduated from high school. The "Dunbar Colored School" (offering primary grades only) had started first in a private building on Water Street, and in 1908 had joined with the city schools in order to receive state funding. Dunbar High School started in 1921 in a new building built from contributions from the Rosenwald Fund – the primary classes held on the first floor and the secondary classes on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graves County, Kentucky
Graves County is a county located on the southwest border of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,649. Its county seat is Mayfield. The county was formed in 1824 and was named for Major Benjamin Franklin Graves, a politician and fallen soldier in the War of 1812. Graves County comprises the Mayfield, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Paducah-Mayfield, KY- IL Combined Statistical Area. Graves County is a "limited" dry county, meaning that sale of alcohol in the county is prohibited except for wine and beer in restaurants. In 2016, the county voted on whether to become a "wet" county but that attempt failed. Later in the year, a ballot measure was proposed and passed within the city limits of Mayfield (the county seat) to allow alcohol sales in stores and gas stations. History Graves County was named for Capt. Benjamin Franklin Graves, who was one of numerous Kentucky officers killed after being taken as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
