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The 1930s
Hickman Redbirds

Back Row (L - R)
George Hurt, Milford Caldwell, Wilson Hulin,
Luis Mikel, Chandler Blincoe, Floyd Green Jr., Ed Gaskins
Front Row (L - R) George McCormick, Lionel Wiley, Robert
Forgey,
Hayes Allen, James P. Argo, Marvin Hodges, Archie Kemp. Bat
Boy Billy Dotson |
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Vice President of the United States, Alben
Barkley, visited Hickman High School on
November 6th, 1953. Barkley made a brief
speech to the students in front of the school
on Moscow Avenue. He was accompanied by his
wife and Secret Service Agents.
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Rufus B. Atwood
Rufus Atwood was
a WWI Bronze Star hero for his actions in France in 1918.
Atwood would later become President of Kentucky State
University for 33 years. He is noted as one of Kentucky's most
famous African-American citizens for his work in equal
education for African-American students in a time of deep
segregation. Atwood served as President during the terms of 8
Kentucky Governors and once visited with President Harry
Truman at the White House to plead his case for equal
education. He was born on Cedar St. in Hickman and is buried
in Frankfort, KY after his passing in 1983 at the age of 86.
He was the subject of a book written on his life, called "A
Black Educator in the Segregated South".


Atwood, Martin Luther King Jr., and
Frank Stanley Sr. at the Kentucky State
commencement in 1957. |