Berry Craig

Lifelong Kentuckian Berry Craig is an emeritus professor of history at West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah and a freelance writer. He is a member of American Federation of Teachers Local 1360, recording secretary for the Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council, webmaster-editor for the Kentucky State AFL-CIO, and a member of the state AFL-CIO Executive Board. His ninth book on the history of his state, “Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy,” was published by the University Press of Kentucky in November 2020.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Berry Craig

News

Amid book bans and anti-CRT legislation, a Kentucky history teacher remembers Jim Crow
February 3, 2022 By Berry Craig
I don’t remember the white kid’s name. But I remember what he said to me after my community college Kentucky history class one day: “My parents or grandparents never told me about any of this. We...
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Opinion

McConnell and GOP hypocritically embrace King while they destroy voting rights
January 19, 2022 By Berry Craig
McConnell and McCarthy—like the other Republicans trying to look like fans of King, are leaders in the GOP’s decades-old effort to roll back voting rights.
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Labor

With workers’ and voting rights in the balance, labor campaigns against filibuster
January 18, 2022 By Berry Craig
Mitch McConnell and the other heirs of Jim Crow are weakening the foundations of our democracy.
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U.S.

Kentucky Republicans ignore people’s needs, push anti-Critical Race Theory bills instead
January 7, 2022 By Berry Craig
If you polled Kentucky voters on what the General Assembly should focus on, almost all of them would say aiding tornado-ravaged communities and helping protect them against the uber-contagious COVID-19 omicron variant.
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Labor

Kentucky ‘Rock of Labor’ memorial survives tornado, symbolizing workers’ resolve
December 22, 2021 By Berry Craig
Like the workers it remembers, Mayfield's 'Rock of Labor' stands strong.
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Opinion

Republican glorification of gun violence is the real ‘war on Christmas’
December 7, 2021 By Berry Craig
Nazis were notorious for perverting Christmas for violent ends, but Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie is giving the Hitler-worshippers a run for their money.
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Opinion

Right wing steers country toward white supremacy and dictatorship
December 1, 2021 By Berry Craig
Kentucky historian sees this as a serious and frightening matter.
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Opinion

Democrat Booker: ‘Rand Paul doesn’t know a damn thing about our struggles’
October 21, 2021 By Berry Craig
Booker seems to be pretty soft-spoken and a really nice guy. But he's proving to be anything but a pushover, one-two punching Paul and Sen. Mitch McConnell.
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