Film Screening – Secrets of the Dead: The Civil war’s Lost Massacre

Name: Film Screening – Secrets of the Dead: The Civil war’s Lost Massacre
Start: 2025-02-18T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Muhammad Ali Center

Schedule

Tue, 18 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Muhammad Ali Center | Louisville, KY

This event is produced in partnership with KET, the Muhammad Ali Center, and the Shelby County Historical Society. This program is free to the Public, registration is required. Garage parking at the Muhammad Ali Center is not included as part of the program.
One of public television’s most popular series, Secrets of the Dead, brings its historical analysis to Kentucky!
The Secrets of the Dead series, which uses the latest science to challenge prevailing ideas and share fresh perspectives on historical events, investigates an incident from Kentucky history known as the “Simpsonville Massacre,” when 22 Civil War soldiers from the 5th US Colored Cavalry on a cattle drive to Louisville were ambushed and slain by outlaws.
The episode “The Civil War’s Lost Massacre,” which was co-produced by KET, revisits the events of January 25, 1865, tracing the stories of several of the Kentucky soldiers and their families with help from guest historians, two of whom hail from Kentucky: Jerry Miller, a former state legislator from Louisville, and Juanita White, a Historian and Writer at the Farmington Historic Plantation in Louisville.