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Sam Terry's Kentucky

A daily celebration of Kentucky's rich and diverse history.

Pioneer aviator Willa Brown played a prominent role in Coffey's Chicago flying club, offering a role model for young African American women. Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn a pilot license (1938) and a commercial license (1939).

“King Solomon” continued to live in Lexington until his death in 1854. He was buried in the Lexington Cemetery, not far from the towering monument marking the grave of his boyhood friend, Henry Clay. In 1908, a large monument declaring “King Solomon” a hero was placed at his grave.

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