Megan Mummey, a collections management archivist at the University of Kentucky, discusses a history of hemp exhibit at the Margaret I. King Library.
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Credit UK Special Collections
From keystone cash crop to banned substance surrounded in suspicion, hemp has long been a part of Kentucky’s story.
A new exhibit at the Margaret I. King Library tells chronicles that saga through rare photos, documents, and artifacts.
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