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June 1, 2020 HLCC-admin1

06.01.2020 DEATH IN LOUISVILLE—DAVID McATEE MURDERED—CONTINUED PROTEST GATHERING

Compiled by Michael R. Hicks, Lead Editor, TheLENS Louisville Metro Police and Kentucky National Guard personnel shot and killed McAtee,

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February 29, 2020 HLCC-admin1

Once a booming strip of black business, Walnut Street faded from Louisville’s memory for failed Urban Renewal (wdrb.com)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — There is a story in Louisville long faded from view, and time is taking the people

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