LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thirty-one quilts hang like tapestries at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, weaving history with art. Each shows a Black jockey wearing the silks they had in life.

The governor visited inside a few of the homes being built, and got to show a flood survivor, Samantha Turner, the inside of her home for the first time.

Three years ago, the Wolfe County man and his wife Linda bought the home built in 1893. The 4,000-square-foot Victorian home ...