The Kentucky men’s basketball team honored the former African-American community of Adamstown on Friday evening in their exhibition matchup against Kentucky State.
Prior to the game during team warmups, Kentucky players sported “Adamstown” shooting shirts to honor the neighborhood and community that “closely tied to the growth of Lexington and the University of Kentucky,” which was located where Memorial Coliseum is currently located and down Limestone from 1887-1943.
Adamstown was home to Pierre Whiting, the first African-American employed at UK. Whiting – a janitor at the school for 57 years – was employed longer than any other employee in the history of the University of Kentucky.