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Here is what the university is doing to distribute student tickets.
Starting today, you can go to Rhodes Arena and present your Zip Card. The attendant affixes a bright blue bracelet to your wrist. On gameday, you must be wearing your bracelet to receive a ticket, and you can't take the bracelet off until then, either.
I was sort of irritated when I heard about it, because I'm trying to run for office. I need to look professional when I'm campaigning, and a bright blue plastic wristband is not that. Two of my fellow classmates also complained because they have to appear in court every so often. A judge probably will not like the blue bracelet because it's not proper courtroom attire.
After we finished griping, it started to make sense. The university wants to use these bracelets as a marketing tool. It might become "cool" to wear this blue bracelet, and therefore "cool" to attend the football games. It also serves as a reminder to pick up tickets.
Almost 5,000 fans attended Saturday's Stadium Preview/Meet the Team event. Let's be honest, there have been actual football games at the Rubber Bowl where attendance didn't reach 5,000.
I spoke with Tom Wistrcill today. He seems like a genuine person, certainly passionate without being overly flashy.
He has been married for 16 years. He has two sons, ages 9 and 6. Wistrcill is an assistant coach for his oldest son's football team. He also likes to play golf in his spare time. He will start as Akron's athletic director on Sept. 10.
Here are parts of our conversation:
Mike Rasor: If a coach is graduating players and running a clean program, yet cannot field a winning team, does the coach deserve to be fired?
Tom Wistrcill: There are so many factors that go into evaluating a coach. (Tom mentioned community involvement, cohesiveness with the rest of the athletic department, and the athletes' social experience as other factors.) Certainly winning is an important one because this is Division I institution. We don't set upon a coach that you have to win national championships. But we should win MAC titles at Akron.
MR: What techniques in selling out Minnesota's stadium do you think would translate best to Akron?
TW: I don't know yet because I haven't been there. I have been successful in selling different things in different places. You have to have a knowledge of the environment. I will rely on the staff for that. Sales is hard. It is a hard job. There are some people who are cut out for sales. There are some who are not. The thing about sales is that you can have a great day, then start off the next day at zero. I am not going to come in there with any preconceived notions on how we are going to run things. That will be based upon once I get there and get a lay of the land.
MR: Are you inclined to bring in people who share your vision, or do you prefer to make it work with whoever is currently on the athletics staff?
TW: I told our senior staff that I assume they are the best at what they do. And we'll go from there. Obviously, things have worked pretty well there. Mack (Rhoades) and Mike (Thomas) before him did a good job setting things up for things to work there. I don't come in with any plan that some people are out the door. That is not how we are going to operate.
MR: What did you know about Akron before hearing about the job opportunity?
TW: What I did know about the MAC is that it's a great group of schools. (Former Miami AD) Joel (Maturi) loved his time at the MAC. What always attracted me about Akron is that it was in a city. Much like Akron, (at Minnesota) we're right up against Minneapolis. When you have a city that has its own culture and pulse, that gives you an opportunity -- as opposed to a small town, where you have to find a culture and corporate base. When I heard Mack was going to Houston, I said, "Here is a real opportunity." I called the search firm.
MR: What is your greatest weakness?
TW: Sometimes, it's hard for me to delegate because I'm a doer. I'm better at it now than I was five years ago and 10 years ago. I'm getting better at delegating, but that's being a type-A personality that I am. That is something that I constantly work on. When you get the right people in place, they should be better at their jobs than I am. When it happens, that's the perfect situation. I just set the guiding principles and let them chase it. That's what I'm anxious to get at the University of Akron. I spoke with everyone briefly. It seems like a good group.
MR: Do you plan to have Hunter Yurachek working under you?
TW: We had a brief conversation when I was there. It was a really nice conversation. Nothing was really decided in that meeting. We are going to talk again. I encouraged Hunter to stay. I know he's done good things here.
MR: What is your position on the Mid-American Conference? Can Akron do better? Is that something you will look into?
TW: It's important that we position ourselves to be ready if something happens. We need to raise more money. We need to win more titles. The conference landscape is going to change. Don't know when. Don't know how. We are very happy in the MAC, though. It's not something that is on my job duties.
(As we were wrapping up the interview...)
TW: I want to reach out to as many people as possible. I pride myself in a strong communication skill set. That's why I sent out that YouTube video. There are a lot of people who feel deeply about our program. We need to make them feel like they're part of it. ... I want to see people wearing Zips stuff everywhere in Akron.
Below is Wistrcill's welcome video from YouTube...
The PD's Elton Alexander picked Akron to win the MAC East. As he points out, the season-ending injury to Buffalo's star running back James Starks takes the Bulls out of the running.
Here is my synopsis of the new depth chart...
Quarterback -- No suprise here. Chris Jacquemain starts. Matt Rodgers is the backup. The question is: How will J.D. Brookhart use Rodgers, as he has promised he will?
Offensive line -- We have known these starters since spring. It's nice to see four redshirt freshmen and three sophomores make the depth chart behind them.
Running back -- Alex Allen is the starter. Joe Tuzze is the backup. I like seeing Tuzze get some carries. It appears Brookhart will make Dale Martin, Norman Shuford and DeVoe Torrence earn their carries. If everything works out OK here, it would be fine to redshirt Shuford, in my opinion.
Wide receiver -- Andre Jones and Deryn Bowser are Nos. 1 and 2. No doubt about that. We will hear from Jeremy Bruce and Dashan Miller, who will split the third spot. Also, Jeremy LaFrance should get in there. I expected to see Curtis Brown, who is always active in practices. True freshman Anthony Meriwether is Bowser's backup, which is another surprise.
Tight end -- Let's see what the redshirt freshman, Rhyne Ladrach, can do. Any production is gravy. Why did Jose Cruz transfer?
Defensive line -- Almondo Sewell, Dan Marcoux and James Harvey are the starters. The three-deep, which includes Ryan Bain, is very strong.
Linebacker -- I'm surprised to see Sean Fobbs starting over Shawn Lemon, but Lemon is learning a new position. Redshirt freshman Jared Province has pushed Aaron Williams, and that position battle has not been decided. We knew Brian Wagner and Mike Thomas would start.
Secondary -- Manley Waller and Miguel Graham will start. If Emmanuel Lartey, Marvase Byrd and Diamond Weaver can improve, it will make for a young, athletic cornerback unit. The battle for the free safety spot is still up for grabs between Wayne Cobham and Jalil Carter. Tyler Campbell is the strong safety. Need more depth here.
Special teams -- Dashan Miller and Carter will return kicks. Bruce is the punt returner, with Weaver as his backup. True freshman Adam Steiner immediately takes the role he was born to play as the long snapper. Igor Iveljic and Branko Rogovic are still dueling for the place kicker job.
The Buchtelite's story about gameday regulations impressed me. It discusses the policies for road closures, parking and tailgating. It's definitely worth a read if you plan to attend a game.
I'm disappointed about the prohibition against coal grills, but I think the university is doing a great job to create a fan-friendly gameday experience.
Here are some issues to watch in the coming weeks:
Will Hunter Yurachek and his staff continue their diligent work in selling tickets?
What other, if any, members of the athletic department will leave the university when Tom Wistrcill arrives -- either by choice or by dismissals?
Will Wistrcill and the new administration make any immediate changes to the first season at InfoCision Stadium, considering his overwhelming success in opening Minnesota's stadium?
Will Yurachek surface as a candidate for Kent State's athletic director job, which becomes vacant on June 30, 2009? (Man, that would throw another twist into this rivalry!)
The next athletic director at the University of Akron is coming off a year where he helped to sell 50,000 tickets to the first game at the University of Minnesota's stadium.
It is this sort of achievement that pushed Tom Wistrcill over the hump for UA President Luis Proenza. The administration is greatly concerned with making InfoCision Stadium a success.
Before his interview with the president, Wistrcill investigated campus. He dropped by a soccer practice, a volleyball practice and the Rec Center. He called former Akron athletic director Mike Thomas to get a feel for the job.
While Proenza thought highly of the runner up Hunter Yurachek, he chose Wistrcill because of his marketing accomplishments and his energy.
You cannot argue with Proenza's choices for athletic director. Several schools coveted Thomas, before he moved on to Cincinnati. Mack Rhoades was a finalist for a few jobs before Houston selected him. Even the interim athletic directors, Yurachek and Mike Waddell, are future Division I athletic directors.
Zips fans should be very excited that Wistrcill brings a wealth of experience in marketing a similar -- albeit larger -- football program. He also shares Yurachek's track record of sterling references at all points in his career.
Wistrcill also has experience working for a former MAC athletic director. His boss at Minnesota was Joel Maturi, the former AD at Miami (Ohio).
The PD's Elton Alexander reported that some people within the athletic department are upset about the hiring. Some even believe that my previous report sabotaged Yurachek's chances.
I'm not sure how that's possible. Maybe the administration was leaning toward Yurachek, but I have a hard time believing fans' comments persuaded Proenza to go with Wistrcill. The administration knew that a majority of fans wanted a fresh face weeks ago. It's nothing new.
Click here to read Tom Gaffney's story, which includes quotes from Wistrcill. I plan to speak with Wistrcill in the near future, as well.
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Akron received its ninth commitment for 2010 on Monday, according to ScoutingOhio.com.
Lawrence Smith, wide receiver/safety, Painesville, Ohio Offers: Akron and Ohio Height: 6-foot-0 Weight: 190 Speed: 4.45 Notes: ScoutingOhio.com ranks Smith as the No. 141 prospect in Ohio. Rivals.com calls Smith an impressive athlete. Akron recruited him as a safety, while Ohio put the generalized "athlete" tag on him.
Click here for the cumulative list of offers and commitments.
According to the ABJ's Tom Gaffney, the university has chosen Tom Wistrcill from the University of Minnesota as its next athletic director.
Wistrcill is a senior associate athletic director at Minnesota. He also spent time at the University of Wisconsin. He played four years of basketball at Saint Mary's University in Winona, Minn.
Seven MAC bloggers, including me, answered 10 questions about how they believe the conference will shape up this year.
Click here for the first installment of the MAC Roundtable.
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The ABJ's Tom Gaffney wrote about the Zips' scrimmage on Saturday. Very nice recap.
I received word from an upper-level administrator that my previous report is premature, at best.
The university is now looking at an early September timeline for announcing the athletic director. Hunter Yurachek remains in "serious consideration."
I sincerely apologize for the confusion. Since Friday, I worked diligently to confirm or deny the rumor that I heard from a reliable, yet unofficial, source. One hindrance was that the search committee is sworn to confidentiality about the proceedings.
I struggled with whether to post the source's information. In the end, I felt it would better serve the readers to know everything I know, with the caveat that the information comes from an anonymous source.
My anonymous source heard this information second-hand. The administrator suggested that my source was merely speculating. I do, however, think it is appropriate to assume there is some fire behind this smoke.
I am working to validate the story I posted below.
I went back and forth about publishing it without more than a source whom I cannot name. Because this is a blog, I went with it. I'm about 90 percent confident that it's true. This is mostly because there is no incentive for this source to lie. On a newspaper article, you want to be 100 percent certain that the source is correct, however.
It might take some time to find out if this story is true because the search committee is conducted behind closed doors, and the members are sworn to secrecy. I will write more when I know something.
A source tells me that the university plans to remove the "interim" tag from Hunter Yurachek's title, making him the permanent athletic director within the next week.
Yurachek was the favorite for the job after Mack Rhoades left for Houston. When the university decided to hire a search firm, it appeared President Luis Proenza wanted to go in a different direction. After all, there is no use in paying a search firm to find someone within your own walls.
It is likely, however, that Yurachek stacked up with the candidates from other schools. Plus, he has the familiarity with the program.
No one has doubted Yurachek's background. But fans have questioned whether he brings the fresh approach to marketing that it takes to advance the program within Northeast Ohio. Since the national search began, however, we saw several advances in marketing for football. As a result, ticket sales have gained momentum.
Yurachek was believed to be Rhoades' heir apparent from the day he was hired away from the University of Virginia. This source of this story is anonymous, but I'm working to verify it. Stay tuned.
Here is Yurachek's background from GoZips.com:
Coach J.D. Brookhart watched an agonizingly poor performance at practice last week.
The team practiced at 2 p.m., rather than 9:30 a.m. It was the day the players moved out of the dorms. And it showed.
Brookhart wisely made a mental connection: This sort of thing happens all the time during the season. The team might practice at a different time because of a conflict. More commonly, the Zips (and most MAC teams) play an unusual amount of weekday games.
He thought, if a break from routine is what knocks my team off its game, then we need to fix that habit. As a result, the Zips practiced indoors today at Stile Field House, rather than on Summa Field. Unlike last week's 2 p.m. practice, this one was "pretty good," Brookhart said.
Six players who signed with Akron in February are not on the current roster. Two others are on the roster, but they are probably not eligible for 2009.
Head coach J.D. Brookhart and linebackers coach Vince Okruch heaved praise at freshman linebacker Brian Wagner, who earned the starting middle linebacker position. He takes over for Kevin Grant.
Tom Gaffney wrote a great feature on Wagner. It will excite you about the Zips' young linebacking crew.
I will attend practice tomorrow and report back in the mid-afternoon.
Men's basketball
In what has become an annual tradition, Kent State and Akron will compete in the final regular-season game of 2009-10.
Click here for the rest of the conference schedule. At first glance, it looks favorable in that it lacks a prolonged road trip.
Men's basketball
Freshman forward Andrew Parrish has left the team with plans to transfer to the University of Indianapolis, a Division II school.
His scholarship will shift to Darryl Roberts, who will have two years remaining in the program.
Parrish redshirted last season. He was touted as a tall, athletic player with a big wingspan. With a glut of youth in the frontcourt, Parrish probably saw a limited opportunity to play.
Akron held its first scrimmage today. I wasn't there, but here are some thoughts I gleaned from Tom Gaffney's story and the GoZips.com report.
Norman Shuford and Broderick Alexander each averaged more than five yards per carry on their 17 combined attempts. Alex Allen and Dale Martin did not play, as they are still recovering from their injuries. We were looking at Allen, Martin and DeVoe Torrence as potential running backs, but it's nice that two more talented backs have emerged. Torrence took five carries for a total of six yards.
Chris Jacquemain (12 for 20, 131 yards, 1 INT) and Matt Rodgers (10 for 17, 139 yards, 1 INT) had similar stats. I am glad that J.D. Brookhart has committed to play Rodgers, at least some. We know what we have with Jacquemain -- a player who can look really good and comfortable one moment, then toss away the game the next. Rodgers might be a franchise quarterback, or he could be just another name on the depth chart. It takes several series of live football to find out who should be playing.
Marcus Lemon, brother of Shawn, forced a fumble and made a tackle for loss. He might add depth to the linebackers. That position is looking strong. Matt Little recovered the Lemon fumble and took it 27 yards for a touchdown.
The president's office is reviewing candidates for the athletic director job, with hopes to name Mack Rhoades' successor by the end of August.
I have been told the university is getting great interest from very well qualified individuals at big schools.
The search process works like this: The search firm gathers interest from a large group of people. In this case, Eastman and Beaudine found 75 people who were interested in Akron's job. The university added to this bulk list by passing along resumes of people who directly contacted the university.
Then it was the search firm's task to find candidates who possessed the skills that the university desired. Of that narrow list, the search committee will interview no more than 10 candidates. The number of interviews is likely to be around three to five. These interviews will begin in the next couple weeks. As we saw with Rhoades and his pursuit of the Rutgers and Houston jobs, the candidates strive to keep their candidacy secret because they do not want to disrupt things at their current universities.
Do you remember how fans voted in a poll about what traits they would like in the next athletic director? That data played a role in determining what characteristics will be most important in the candidates' backgrounds. As a result, the next athletic director is likely to be someone who can grow the Zips marketing efforts and build the fanbase.
Here is the video of my interviews with Mike Ward and Dale Martin...
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Coming tomorrow, interviews with Dale Martin and Mike Ward.
Every time I visit InfoCision Stadium, more and more has progressed.
Among the additions in the past week: The main scoreboard and two ribbon scoreboards are operating. The sound system is set up. Plants are growing in the northeast and northwest corners of the stadium. The wrought iron gates with brick pillars are up, surrounding the stadium.
Mike Cawood took me on a mini-tour of the facility on the north end of the stadium. The men's soccer and baseball teams each have locker rooms and gathering rooms, and the team share a restroom/shower in the middle. The women's softball and women's soccer teams have the same arrangement. The football team's gameday lockerroom is also impressive.
A Web site compared several NCAA teams to pro wrestlers. If you're a '90s wrestling nut, like me, you'll snicker a few times.
The list did not include Akron, which allows us to use our creativity. Below is my comparison. Please post your ideas, if any.
Akron -- Rey Mysterio
Known for his gimmick (5-foot-6 wrestler who mastered the hurricanrana), Mysterio developed a cult following in the mid '90s through his high-flying acrobatics. He came out of nowhere to win the world title in 2006. His reign on top lasted only a few months. He returned to mid-card status before winning the Intercontinental Title in 2009.
(I will post something of substance tomorrow after tomorrow morning's practice. Dan Kadar will provide an Ohio.com video shortly after.)
Offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery went out of his way to praise Matt Rodgers on his progress since the spring, as published in a GoZips.com article.
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Men's soccer
Caleb Porter's Zips will open the 2009 season as the favorite to win the national championship, according to Top Drawer Soccer's rankings.
The Zips earned this honor, despite losing the No. 1 pick in the MLS Draft (Steve Zakuani) and a four-year starter goalie (Evan Bush). Akron opens the season Aug. 21 against South Florida in an exhibition match.
Last season Akron went 16-1-4, losing to Northwestern in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Akron spent nine weeks in the national top five.
Junior midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong is among 38 players on the preseason Hermann Trophy watch list, given to the best player in men's collegiate soccer.
College Soccer News ranked the Zips sixth nationally.
The ABJ's Michael Beaven spoke with longsnapper Adam Steiner, whose father died five days after Adam signed to play at Akron.
It is a story you'll want to read. Beaven has done a nice job keeping up with camp every day.
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Quick, guess who scored Buffalo's only touchdown in the Hall of Fame Game. Terrell Owens? Lee Evans? Trent Edwards? Wrong! University of Akron and Canton McKinley grad Reggie Corner returned an interception 26 yards for a touchdown at Faucett Stadium. Tennessee won the game, 21-18.
Single-game football tickets will cost a little more if you want to see one of the two "premier" matchups of 2009.
Fans will pay an additional $5 for seats at the Indiana and Kent State games, according to GoZips.com. Single-game tickets will go on sale Monday.
From the first day on Summa Field, the Zips declared a goal.
"We want to set some traditions," running back Alex Allen said. "The goal is to go undefeated here."
Added coach J.D. Brookhart: "This is our house. This is a place we will violently protect."
The coaches and players talked about how special it was to finally do something meaningful inside the stadium.
"There's a lot of excitement walking down here," Brookhart said, referring to the staircase that the team will walk down before entering the gameday locker room. "A lot of guys said they got chills. It was special. It had to sink in."
On top of an undefeated home record, Allen has a personal goal: "I'm going to be the first player to score a touchdown here."
The Zips will begin their 2009 season in style.
J.D. Brookhart will gather his team for its first practice on Thursday morning -- on Summa Field. The field is still a hard-hat area, but that's OK, because football players wear helmets.
A fan on ZipsNation.org posted about a dozen nice pictures of InfoCision Stadium, including the recently erected scoreboard.
Mike Bizzarro had a "ridiculous performance" at Akron's camp. Shortly thereafter, J.D. Brookhart offered him a scholarship, and Bizzarro accepted.
Bob Lichtenfels of Scout.com says Bizzarro is a sleeper, hidden in a run-oriented offense at McDowell High School in Erie, Pa. As a junior, Bizzarro caught only 15 passes for 291 yards and four touchdowns.
Bizzarro is 6-foot-2, 175 pounds and runs a 4.5 in the 40-yard dash. It does not appear he had other scholarship offers.
The media picked Akron to finish third in the MAC East, behind Buffalo and Temple.
Central Michigan was the favorite in the West. Following Akron in the East are Ohio, Bowling Green, Kent State and Miami.
I think the media did a good job in ranking the East. Isn't it funny how the power balance has completely shifted? Who could have imagined Buffalo and Temple being favorites, while Miami and Bowling Green sitting at the bottom of the division?


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Kevin Jonas is going to be a father!
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A Jonas Brother is about to become a Jonas Father. Kevin Jonas, the eldest and married member of the pop sibling trio, is expecting his first child with wife Danielle.
Kevin and Danielle confirmed the exciting news on Twitter:
It's true @daniellejonas is pregnant! can't even imagine how excited we are I can't wait to share this with my best friend. I love you baby.— kevin jonas (@kevinjonas) July 9, 2013
It's true! We r expecting. So excited to share this amazing news with all of you! Tune into E!News 2nite for the official announcement @ 7pm— Danielle Jonas (@daniellejonas) July 9, 2013
Kevin tells E! News, "I was overjoyed. It's been the most exciting thing in my life so far … I'm excited and I'm nervous."
An official announcement from the couple is expected to air on E! News tonight at 7 p.m. ET.
Kevin and Dani tied the knot in 2009. The couple co-star in the E! reality series "Married to Jonas," which airs Sundays at 10:00 p.m.
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Morrissey reveals personal details in new book
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Morrissey's new "Autobiography" is eliciting plenty of reaction from his British countrymates.
Comedian Peter Serafinowicz - who's well known for his Moz impression - even felt the need to sing the book's first page to the tune of the Smiths' 1984 classic, "William, It Was Really Nothing."
The video was posted online by "The Telegraph," while another U.K. newspaper, "The Guardian," pointed to some of the book's more revelatory moments.
The usually guarded Morrissey says his first serious relationship - with a man named Jake Walters - didn't come until the singer was in his 30s. And a few years after that relationship ended, Morrissey says he fell in love with a woman and seriously considered having a baby together. As for his own childhood, he reveals that he was touched inappropriately by school teacher when he was 14.
Morrissey also writes about the British police calling him in for questioning in 1988 to determine whether he was really a threat to then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher after he released the song "Margaret on the Guillotine." He also claims he was unsuccessfully targeted by kidnappers in Mexico, and was once offered a cameo on the hit sitcom "Friends."
Morrissey's "Autobiography" is currently only available in the U.K. and Europe, with no U.S. release date on the schedule yet.
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The Browns had 13 picks when they started the NFL Draft and finished with 11, and only one of them was used on a wide receiver. And they waited until the 100th overall selection to take the University of Miami's Travis Benjamin, who said he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.26 seconds the summer before his junior year.
University of Cincinnati nose tackle John Hughes was the Browns' third-round pick Friday night.
Hughes, 6-foot-2 1/2 and 309 pounds, also lettered in basketball and track and field (shot put) in high school at Gahanna Lincoln. For the Bearcats, he didn't become a starter until 2010.
The Browns picked Hughes after trading down from 67th, acquiring a fourth-rounder (120th overall) from the Denver Broncos to slip 20 spots.
Browns general manager Tom Heckert called Hughes "a big, physical tough guy."
NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock described Hughes "a rotational defensive tackle."
I know Alabama running back Trent Richardson is the consensus pick, the safest pick.
I can still hear LaDainian Tomlinson's mother telling me before the 2001 draft that she hoped the Browns selected the charity-minded TCU running back because of what he could do for the Cleveland community.To read more or comment...
Ben Curtis' victory Sunday in the Valero Texas Open vaulted him to 28th in the FedExCup standings, brought him a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and earned him $1.16 million, but it did not qualify him for the $8.5 million World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
That was the word from Don Padgett III, executive director of the Bridgestone Invitational, on Monday. While tournament winners often qualify, the Valero Texas Open's strength of field was not enough to get Curtis in the prestigious event Aug. 2-5 at Firestone Country Club.To read more or comment...
More from my recent interview with Chris Spielman on his new book, "That's Why I'm Here: The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story," which chronicles his wife Stefanie's 11-year battle with breast cancer. Stephanie died in November, 2009.
Q: The notes you included that you received, did those show you the impact Stefanie had on people you didn't know?
A: "For us they were comforting. It's always nice to get conformation."
Comments after the Cavs' 98-89 victory at Washington Saturday night:
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Aaron Craft's lane violation on an intentional missed free throw attempt in the final seconds of Ohio State's loss to Kansas Saturday brought deja-vu for University of Akron coach Keith Dambrot.
The Zips experienced the same scenario in the championship game loss to Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, then again in their next game, a defeat at Northwestern in the National Invitation Tournament.To read more or comment...
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CBS News confirms Benghazi reporter's computer was breached on several occasions
CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson, who has doggedly pursued the truth behind the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, said in May that her personal and work computers had been compromised for at least two years.
And now CBS News has confirmed her suspicions.
From CBS News spokeswoman Sonya McNair:
A cyber security firm hired by CBS News has determined through forensic analysis that Sharyl Attkisson's computer was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions late in 2012. Evidence suggests this party performed all access remotely using Attkisson's accounts. While no malicious code was found, forensic analysis revealed an intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data.
This party also used sophisticated methods to remove all possible indications of unauthorized activity, and alter system times to cause further confusion.
CBS News is taking steps to identify the responsible party and their method of access.
Now although no one has said outright that the Department of Justice is responsible for the breaches, the agency's treatment of Fox News' James Rosen makes them a very likely culprit.
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White Students Now a Minority in Public Schools
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(NEWSER) – American public schools will pass a watershed this fall: For the first time, there will be more minority students than non-Hispanic whites, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The shift comes even as schools become more racially segregated, and leaves school systems facing issues such as integration and inequality, reports the AP. Whites will still be the largest racial group in the school system at 49.8%, but they will be collectively outnumbered by minority groups. The Census Bureau predicts that the same change will happen to the US population as a whole in 2043.
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How charter schools and testing regimes have helped re-segregate our schools
Sixty years ago tomorrow in Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public education is unconstitutional, writing that "in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place."
Yet all these years later, our schools remain deeply segregated along lines of race as well as class—with charter schools and high-stakes testing making matters worse.
Schools today are as racially segregated (PDF) as they were in the 1960s. Recently, ProPublica wrote a deep and haunting exposition on the re-segregation of schools in the South, including Tuscaloosa. Post-Brown, schools in the South became the most integrated in the nation. It took a while—until the 1970s, really—but it happened.
Today? In the South and nationwide, most black and brown children attend schools where 90 percent or more of the students look like them. "In Tuscaloosa today, nearly 1 in 3 black students attends a school that looks as if Brown v. Board of Education never happened."
Across the United States, per-student spending (PDF) in public schools with 90 percent or more white students is 18 percent higher—$733 more per student on average—than spending for public schools with 90 percent or more students of color. That can't be attributed to different geographical tax bases alone; 40 percent of the variation (PDF) in per-pupil spending occurs within school districts.A third of the schools with the highest percentage of black and Latino students don't offer chemistry. A quarter don't offer Algebra II. Black and Latino students account for 40 percent of enrollment at schools with gifted programs but make uponly 26 percent of the students in such programs.
Meanwhile, we know that disadvantaged students of color end up being over-represented in the prison-industrial complex. Black students in America's public schools are expelled at three times the rate of white students. This discrepancy starts at a frighteningly young age; black children make up 18 percent of pre-schoolers but almost half of all out-of-school suspensions. One in five girls of color with disabilities has received an out-of-school suspension. These statistics are much higher than for white peers even for the same misbehaviors.
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U. S. Congressional Hearings on Northern Emigration
Start Year : 1879
End Year : 1880
So many African Americans [Exodusters] were moving to Nicodemus, Kansas, that the U. S. Congress held hearings to find out why. A Select Committee was appointed by the Senate on December 15, 1879, charged with finding out why African Americans were emigrating north, especially those going to Nicodemus. The committee interviewed 153 African Americans (none from Kentucky) from January 19, 1880 to February 23, 1880. The investigation had ten summary points, the first being that the exodus was not the work of Republican leaders from the North. For more see "Report and Testimony of Select Committee to Investigate the Causes of the Removal of the Negroes From the Southern States," U.S Senate, Executive Document no. 693, 46th Congress 2nd Session, GPO 1880. Available at the University of Kentucky Libraries, Storage.
Subjects: Migration North, Nicodemus, Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era]
Geographic Region: Nicodemus, Kansas
Underground Railroad Research Institute (UGRRI) at Georgetown College (KY)
Start Year : 2001
End Year : 2009
The Underground Railroad Institute was established in 2001 at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. Dr. Alicestyne Turley was the founder and director. "The UGRRI maked national and international efforts to preserve, interpret and commemorate Underground Railroad sites in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The resulting research highlighted the centrality and far-reaching effect of Kentucky's involvement in the American slave trade as well as creation of national and international Underground Railroad story. The Institute joined forces with individuals, public agencies and organizations conducting research locally, nationally and internationally, to broaden understanding of American diversity through creation of a more inclusive American history with a focus on the Colonial through the Progressive Era."
Subjects: Freedom, Genealogy, History, Underground Railroad: Conductors, Escapes, Organizations, Research
Geographic Region: Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky
Underwood, Edward Ellsworth
Birth Year : 1864
Death Year : 1942
A physician, Underwood moved to Kentucky to become Assistant City Physician in Frankfort. He organized and was the first president of the Frankfort NAACP Chapter. He was the first African American to sit on the Board of Trustees at Kentucky State University. In 1898 he formed the State League of Republican Clubs in Kentucky and was its first president. He was also a Kentucky delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1904. Underwood is author of A brief history of the colored churches of Frankfort, Kentucky (1906) [full-text available in the Kentucky Digital Library], as well as several poems; and he was editor of the Blue Grass Bugle for 10 years. He was born in Ohio, the son of Harriet and Reverend Johnson P. Underwood, and the husband of Sarah Walker Underwood, according to his death certificate. For more see Who's Who in Colored America 1927.
See photo image of Dr. Edward E. Underwood at Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections.
Subjects: Activists, Civil Rights, Authors, Education and Educators, Journalists, Newspapers, Magazines, Book Publishers, Music Publishers, Poets, Politicians, Politics, Appointments & Elections, Migration South, NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Geographic Region: Ohio / Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
An unidentified slave in Kentucky is said to have invented the hemp-brake machine. For more see African American Inventors, by O. R. Sullivan.
Subjects: Inventors
Geographic Region: Kentucky
Union Benevolent Society No.1 (Versailles, KY)
Start Year : 1876
The Union Benevolent Society No.1 in Versailles, KY, had existed for several years before it was approved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on March 3, 1876. It was described as a society for Colored persons. The organization provided charity and and mutual relief for its members. The board members were Henry C. Brown, President; Henry Jackson, Vice President; H. P. Mason, Recording Secretary; and Nelson Hicks, Treasurer. The official name of the organization became "The Benevolent Society, No.1, of Versailles, Kentucky." For more see chapter 336 in Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, Regular Session of the General Assembly, December 1875.
Subjects: Benevolent Societies
Geographic Region: Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky
Union County (KY) Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870
Start Year : 1850
End Year : 1870
Union County, in western Kentucky, was formed in 1811 from a portion of Henderson County. It is bordered by three counties and the Ohio River. Morganfield, the county seat, was established in 1812 on land acquired from the heirs of Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Morgan. The 1820 Union County population was 383 [heads of households], according to the U.S. Federal Census, and the population increased to 9,686 by 1860, excluding the slaves. Below are the number of slave owners, slaves, free Blacks, and free Mulattoes for 1850-1870.
1850 Slave Schedule
- 484 slave owners
- 1,915 Black slaves
- 377 Mulatto slaves
- 13 free Blacks [5 with no last name, 5 Dickson, 1 Acliff, 2 Waller]
- 4 free Mulattoes [last names Acliff, Henson, Kirkendall, and Roberts]
1860 Slave Schedule
- 539 slave owners
- 2,893 Black slaves
- 180 Mulatto slaves
- 20 free Blacks
- 0 free Mulattoes
1870 U.S. Federal Census
- 2,001 Blacks
- 462 Mulattoes
- About 177 U.S. Colored Troops listed Union County, KY, as their birth location.
For more information, see Union County in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, edited by J. E. Kleber; Slavery On the Edge of Freedom, by J. M. Crate (thesis); Sturgis and Clay: showdown for desegregation in Kentucky education, by J. M. Trowbridge and J. Lemay; and Freedom on the Border, by C. Fosl and T. E. K'Meyer.
Subjects: Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county N-Z]
Geographic Region: Union County, Kentucky
United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten
Start Year : 1861
The United Brothers of Friendship, originally a benevolent order established in 1861 in Louisville, KY, had both freemen and slave members. The organization later became a secret society with more than 60,000 members in various U.S. states, Liberia, Canada, and the West Indies. This membership included females referred to as the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten. For more see History of the United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten, by W. H. Gibson, Sr. (1897).
Subjects: Fraternal Organizations, Women's Groups and Organizations, Benevolent Societies
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky / Liberia, Africa / Canada / West Indies
United States v. Reese, et al, 92 U.S. 214
Start Year : 1875
This case was the first big test of voting rights under the 15th Amendment of 1870 that gave African American men the right to vote. In Kentucky, an African American man named William Garver had been denied voting rights in a municipal election, and the voting official was indicted. The indictment was based on the Enforcement Act of 1870, but the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Enforcement Act unconstitutional: Congress did not have the power to seek punishment for the denial of voting rights on any grounds and could only legislate against discrimination based on race. The decision allowed southern states to deny voting rights to African Americans due to poll taxes, literacy and other tests. The indictment of election officials and others was considered an error of the Circuit Courts of the United States (Kentucky). For more see United States v. Reese, 92 U.S. 214 (1875) [full text online at Justia.com].
Subjects: Voting Rights, Court Cases
Geographic Region: Kentucky
University of Kentucky, African American Teachers, Extension Courses
Start Year : 1931
Years before the integration of the University of Kentucky with the success of the Lyman T. Johnson case, there had been requests from African Americans wanting to attend classes and correspondence courses at the school. The urgency of the requests came about in 1931 with changes in the regulations concerning higher education standards for teachers in Kentucky, a move that not only prompted requests from individuals, but from other institutions and educators as well. The regulations stipulated that teachers who did not have college degrees must earn 12 semester hours every two years toward a degree. There were no such training programs for African American teachers who were already in service in Kentucky, other than at the University of Louisville by way of the Negro Municipal College which had a limited enrollment. A letter dated May 13, 1931 from President R. B. Atwood at Kentucky State Industrial College (now Kentucky State University), was received by President F. L. McVey at the University of Kentucky; the letter was a request for the University of Kentucky (UK) to admit Negro teachers in Kentucky to the extension courses at UK as a temporary measure to address the training needs stipulated by the new regulations [source: "Minutes of the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky for Tuesday, September 22, 1931," pp.12-22 - - online at Kentucky Digital Library]. There was a letter dated May 28, 1931, from Dr. Henry H. Hill, City Superintendent of Schools of the City of Lexington that endorsed Atwood's proposal. A letter of support also came from W. H. Fouse, Principal of Dunbar High School. A letter dated July 6, 1931 was received from L. N. Taylor, State Supervisor of Negro Education for Kentucky; the letter was a brief digest of the Kentucky laws and Supreme Court decisions affecting Negro education, and pointed out that there were no laws preventing UK from providing extension classes for Negro teachers on a temporary basis. According to the law, whites and Negroes could not be taught in the same classroom, but nonetheless, the board was worried that the people of Kentucky might object to UK offering classes to Negroes. Extension courses had been in effect at UK for 13 years. The classes were self-supporting with no expense to the University. It was decided that the proposed program for Negro teachers should operate the same way. Extension classes would be offered in only a few communities, Lexington, Covington, Newport, Frankfort, and two or three other communities where there was a significant Negro population, and correspondence courses would be offered for those who had access to the center offering the extension classes. The program was to only be in place until a Negro institution could set up its own program. The students would be classified as "special students" and their records would be certified at UK then sent directly to Kentucky State Industrial College which would be responsible for the adequancy of entrance requirements for the students. All credits earned would be recorded in the Kentucky State Industrial College Registrar's Office. The starting date to accept Negroes into the extension courses and correspondence courses would be September 22, 1931.
Subjects: Education and Educators, Higher Education Before Desegregation, Kentucky
Geographic Region: Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky / Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
University of Louisville Basketball Team
Start Year : 1979
End Year : 1980
According to Billy Reed, former Executive Director for Communications at the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet, the 1979-1980 University of Louisville (U of L) men's basketball team was the first team to win a national basketball championship with an all-African American starting lineup since Texas Western defeated the University of Kentucky in 1966. The U of L starters were Darrell Griffith, Rodney McCray, Derek Smith, Wiley Brown, and Jerry Eaves. For more see the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet [renamed June 2008 to Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet] Press release dated 02/21/05, "Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch Represents Pinnacle of Proud African-American Athletic Tradition at U of L: Cards a Leader in Integrating Southern Sports."
Subjects: Basketball
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
University of Louisville Libraries: Documenting African American Life in Louisville
A library guide to manuscripts and other collections that focus on the African American experience in Louisville, KY. Available at the University of Louisville Libraries' University Archives and Records Center.
Subjects: Genealogy, History
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
University of Louisville Libraries' Special Collections
Special Collections in the Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville (U of L) contains the departments of Photographic Archives and Rare Books. Included within the 1.5 million images and 75,000 rare books are considerable materials concerning African-American issues. See the Electronic Finding Aids to the University Archives and Records Center. Submitted by James Manasco, U of L Librarian.
Subjects: Genealogy, History, Librarians, Library Collections, Libraries
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Unnatural Causes: is inequality making us sick?
Start Year : 2008
Unnatural Causes is a PBS documentary that looks at socio-economics and racial inequalities in health. The four hour series has seven segments set in different racial/ethnic communities. The first hour-long segment focuses on Louisville, KY, with Dr. Adewale Troutman, Director of Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness. Dr. Troutman is also the founder of the Center for Health Equity in Louisville, the first center of its kind in the United States. The remaining six segments of the documentary run 30 minutes each. The documentary is available at the UK Libraries Audiovisual Services Department (call number AV-D6980) and at several other academic libraries in Kentucky. After the broadcast of the documentary, a town hall meeting was held in Louisville, KY, March 20, 2008, to discuss issues that the documentary raised. The Kentucky Educational Television (KET) produced a recording of the meeting, Unnatural Causes: a Louisville town hall meeting; it is available online. A discussion of the issues on a PBS local companion program, a special edition of Connections With Renee Shaw, Program #313, is also available online; it focuses on Louisville, Hazard and Perry County, and eastern and western Kentucky. For more see the KET website, Unnatural Causes.
Subjects: Medical Field, Health Care
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky / Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky / Eastern Kentucky / Western Kentucky
Unseld, Westley S. "Wes"
Birth Year : 1946
Wes Unseld was born in Louisville, KY, and attended Seneca High School, where he played on the basketball team that won two state tournaments. In 1964, he was the second African American to be named Kentucky Mr. Basketball (the first was Seneca player Mike Redd in 1963). Unseld was also the 6' 7" center for the University of Louisville basketball team, for which he was a three year letter winner, two time All American, and three time All Conference player. He scored 1,686 points, had 1,551 rebounds and led the conference in rebounds for three years. He played 13 years in the NBA with the Baltimore Bullets [later the Washington Bullets, now the Washington Wizards] and retired as the NBA's 7th all time leading rebounder. From 1987-1994, Unseld was the head coach of the Washington Bullets, the second African American from Kentucky to become an NBA head coach [Bernie Bickerstaff was first and Dwane Casey was third]. In 1988, Wes Unseld was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. For more see Who's Who Among African Americans, 1977-2008; Basketball Biographies. 434 U.S. players, coaches and contributors to the game, 1891-1990, by M. Taragano; and "The 2004 Racial and gender report card: National Basketball Association" 05/02/2005, by Richard Lapchick [available online .pdf].
See photo image and video of Wes Unseld, and additional information by Chimsima Zuhri at the "Today in African American History" website.
Subjects: Basketball
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky / Baltimore, Maryland / Washington, D.C.
Urquhart, Henry H.
Birth Year : 1873
Death Year : 1937
Henry H. Urquhart, wile living in Paducah, KY, was the inventor of the brake shoe for train locomotives, patent no. US800694A. This was his first patent, which was filed on July 20, 1905, and he received the patent on October 3, 1905. A few years later, on June 16, 1909, Henry H. Urquhart, still living in Paducah, KY, filed for the patent of his brake shoe improvement. It was Urquhart's third patent, which was granted March 8, 1910, patent no. US951350 A: "The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of brake shoes, more especially that shown and described in Patent N0. 877,748 [his second patent], granted to me Jan. 28, 1908, and to provide reinforcing means adapted to increase the life of the brake shoe, and capable in event of the breaking -or cracking of the shoe of retaining the parts thereof in place until the shoe is worn out or the broken parts removed." While his brake improvement was still being tested around the country, Henry H. Urquhart sold 1/10 interest in his invention to James Weille [sources: "Has sold an interest," The Paducah Evening Sun, 10/16/1907, p.5]. Urquhart, Weille, and other business associates were attempting to build a foundry in Paducah for the manufacturing of his brake [source: "Paducah, Ky.--...," Manufacturers' Record, October 24, 1907, p.55; and "Brake shoe," The Paducah Evening Sun, 10/16/1907, p.4]. By 1908, the company was doing business at 119-121 North First Street, Urquhart Brake-Shoe and Brake-Head Company, Inc. [source: p.626 in Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9]. Henry H. Urquhart did not hold a position in the company. Henry was employed as a switchman for the Illinois Central Railroad where he and his brother Thomas Urquhart had worked for many years. James Weille was the president of Urquhart Brake-Shoe and Brake-Head Company, Inc.; Abe Livingston was secretary and treasurer [source: p.478 in Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. for 1908-9]. It was thought that Urquhart's inventions would make a lot of money and the foundry would grow to employ up to 150 molders [sources: "Good invention," The Paducah Evening Sun, 01/11/1906, p.3; and "Brake shoe," The Paducah Evening Sun, 10/16/1907, p.4]. The company did not last but a few years. By 1914, James Weille had return to work at his family's department store, Weille B. & Son Inc., where he was the secretary and treasurer of clothing [p.556 in Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915]. James Weille's parents had immigrated to the U.S. from Europe; his father was from France and his mother was from Germany [sources: 1880 and 1910 U.S. Census]. Abe Livingston also returned to his family business, wholesale grocers named Livingston M. & Co., Abe was president of the company [source: p.325 in Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915]. Both of Abe Livingston's parents had migrated to the U.S. from Germany [source: 1900 U.S. Census]. It is not known if Henry H. Urquhart profited from the brake-shoe company or how much he received for the sale of 1/10 interest in his invention. Henry H. Urquhart had come to Kentucky at the turn of the century, he and his brother Thomas were from Georgia, and Henry's wife Helen was from Louisville, KY. Henry and Helen had lived in Paducah as early as 1902 at 1036 Washington Street [source: p.281 in City Directory of Paducah, KY. 1902]. Both Henry and Helen's names are listed in the city directory with an * denoting that they were colored. They were the parents of Alma Urquhart, who was born in August of 1903 [source: paragraph near end of column "People and pleasant events" in The Paducah Sun, 08/11/1903, p.5]. Henry and Helen, and the Urquhart Company, are last listed in a Paducah city directory in 1913 [source: p.507 in Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. for 1912-13]. The Urquhart family left Kentucky. Henry and Helen Urquhart, and their daughter Alma Urquhart Winston are listed in the 1930 U.S. Census as living together in St. Louis, MO on Cottage Avenue. Henry was the only one employed, he was working as a laborer at odd jobs. The family lived in a rented home. Henry H. Urquhart died September 1, 1937, he was born in Georgia, the son of James Urquhart and Mary Stewart Urquhart [source: Missouri Death Certificates Online (.pdf), Registration District No.791, Primary Registration District No.1003, Registered No.8343]. Helen Urquhart and Alma continued living in St. Louis, and Helen died on March 14, 1964 [sources: 1940 U.S. Census; and Missouri Death Certificates Online (.pdf), Registration District No. 318, Primary Registration District No.1003, Registered No.2541]. Helen Dickey Urquhart was born in Louisville, KY, June 20, 1877, the daughter of Charles Dickey and Malinda Boone. Assistance with this entry was provided by the Local and Family History Department at the McCracken County Public Library in Kentucky.
Subjects: Inventors, Migration North, Migration West
Geographic Region: Georgia / Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky / Saint Louis, Missouri
U.S. Census: Slave Schedules, Black or Mulatto, Colored
Start Year : 1850
End Year : 1890
African American slaves were first enumerated in the U.S. Federal Census in 1850 in a separate census called Slave Schedules. The 1850 Census was also the first in which all members of a household were listed by name; prior to 1850, only the heads of households were listed by name. As for slaves listed in the 1850 Slave Schedules, the vast majority are not listed by name but rather are numbered by age, sex, and color [Black or Mulatto] from the oldest to the youngest, all under the name of the slave owner. Also listed were the reported fugitive and manumitted (freed) slaves and the deaf, blind, insane, and idiotic slaves. A second slave census was taken in 1860. Kentucky was one of the 18 states included in the 1850 Slave Schedules and one of the 17 states in the 1860 Slave Schedules. African American slaves had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 or by the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865. Because Kentucky did not secede from the Union, Kentucky slaves were freed by the ratification of the 13th Amendment. In the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal Censuses, African Americans are included as Black or Mulatto. When the 1890 Census was taken, the term "Colored" was also used as a race descriptor for some African Americans, as well as for Chinese, Hawaiians, Japanese, Puerto Ricans, Swiss, Native Americans, and many others. As early as 1850, the term "Colored" had been used in the U.S. Federal Census and in the census of some individual states to describe free persons who were not White. Well beyond the year 1900, in the United States, the terms Black, Mulatto, and Colored were all used on birth, death, and military records, and on ship passenger lists. For more information about the race descriptors used in the early U.S. Census data, contact the U.S. Census Bureau; see Shades of Citizenship, by M. Nobles; Census and Identity, by D. I. Kertzer and D. Arel; and Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census, by M. J. Anderson.
Subjects: Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county A-C], Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county D-J], Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county K-M], Slave Owners, Slaves, Free Blacks, Free Mulattoes in Kentucky, 1850-1870 [by county N-Z], Race Categories, Slavery in Kentucky, Sources
Geographic Region: Kentucky / United States
Utterback, Everett Emory
Birth Year : 1906
Death Year : 1992
Everett Utterback was a social worker, an athlete, and an attorney in Pittsburgh, PA. He prepared legal contracts for Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team (Negro League). Utterback prepared contracts with players such as Leroy Satchell Paige, and boxers such as John Henry Lewis, world light heavy weight champion 1935-1939. Everett Utterback was born in Mayfield, KY, the son of Monima and Eldridge Utterback. According to the 1910 U.S. Federal Census, the family of five lived on Second Street, and was supported by Eldridge who was brick mason. The family was still in Mayfield, KY in 1930, but without Everette who was attending the University of Pittsburgh on a track scholarship. In 1931, he was the first African American captain of the track team at the University of Pittsburgh. Utterback had competed in a 1929 Decathlon and came in second behind Barney Berlinger. In 1930 and 1931, he won the national championship in broad jump, and the ICA [Intercollegiate Athletics] broad jump championship. Also in 1931, Utterback won the Penn Relays Championship in the hop, skip, and jump. During his career, he won nine championships in the Penn Relays. He was a member of the IC4A indoor championship mile relay team. He set a number of track records. Utterback was also a graduate of Duquesne Law School [now Duquesne University School of Law] and retired as general counsel of the Pittsburgh Housing Authority. He had served as director of management of the housing authority with 5,900 units and 20,000 residents, and he was a social worker. He was a senior partner of Utterback, Brown and Harper, and was one of the lawyers working with the Pittsburgh NAACP to desegregate public facilities. Utterback was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, and was the first African American Lettermen of Distinction at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2006, he was recognized posthumously with a proclamation from the Allegheny County Council, and the Spirit of King Award from the Port Authority. For more see P. Jayes, "Memento recalls a different world," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/17/1983, p.14; see Everett Utterback in "Barney Berlinger leads Decathlon," The Bismarck Tribune, 04/26/1929, p.9; "Agency board institute is planned here," Altoona Mirror, 02/17/1950, p.1&4; see Everett Utterback in Urban Renewal in Selected Cities, Nov.4-Dec.31, 1957, U.S. GPO; see Everett Utterback in "Pitt to honor Olympic Champion John Woodruff, " The Courier [Pennsylvania], 05/11/1972, p.6; Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1977-1995; and contact the Allegheny County Council for the Proclamation to Everett Utterback dated January 12, 2006, Rich Fitzgerald, President.
Subjects: Activists, Civil Rights, Athletes, Athletics, Housing Authority, The Projects, Lawyers, Migration North, Track & Field, NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Geographic Region: Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Uttingertown-Columbus (Lexington, KY)
Both towns were developed for African Americans after the Civil War. Uttingertown was created in 1869 when Samuel Uttinger divided his land to sell it in lots. In May 2005 the Union Benevolent Society (UBS) Lodge #28, located on Uttingertown Lane, was restored by the UK's Center for Historic Architecture and Preservation with a grant from the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission. Columbus was developed when Clarence H. Crimm divided his land and sold it in lots in 1893. The towns are located off Royster Road in Lexington. For more see Project Completed in Uttingertown, by the University of Kentucky Public Relations; and Historical Communities Near Lexington.
Subjects: Communities, Benevolent Societies
Geographic Region: Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky