The members of the board voted unanimously to reject the book.” “The White Boston school board’s willingness to hear ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ as harmful in 1914 was exceedingly rare if not ...

The book, "My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song," which will be released May 3, is riveting. It forces one to think carefully about Kentucky’s ...

Nearly 10 years ago, Gerald Smith visited the Federal Hill estate and park named after "My Old Kentucky Home" when he had some ... who is working on a book tracing the "long and fascinating ...

The Kentucky Derby tradition of playing “My Old Kentucky Home” will continue despite activists claiming the tune uses controversial language about the black community. The tune, written by ...