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The February meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) will be held in the Garen Room in The Lodge at KenLake State Park on Saturday, February 22 beginning at 10:30. JPHS welcomes the Paducah Historic Preservation Group as co-sponsor. The meeting will focus on Cherokee Park and its role in African American life in west Kentucky and beyond during the era when segregation was common. The program will begin with a showing of the documentary “A Legacy Lost & Found: Segregation in Recreation” directed by Dr. Tammy Holmes. The documentary will be introduced by Dr. Nancy Dawson and Dr.…