Monday, February 22, 2010
Commission On Human Rights To Celebrate Golden Anniversary
KENTUCKY....
The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will celebrate its 50th anniversary this Thursday at a luncheon at Berea College. The commission will honor three prominent Kentuckians, Carter G. Woodson, Galen A. Martin and David O. Welch. Woodson, a Berea graduate, was a black historian, author and journalist who helped initiate U.S. Black History Week, which now has become U.S. Black History Month. Martin was instrumental in writing and passing the Kentucky Civil Rights Act in 1966 and the Kentucky Fair Housing Act in 1968. Welch, a former Ashland mayor, led some of the commission's first public hearings enforcing equal rights for minorities and women.
The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will celebrate its 50th anniversary this Thursday at a luncheon at Berea College. The commission will honor three prominent Kentuckians, Carter G. Woodson, Galen A. Martin and David O. Welch. Woodson, a Berea graduate, was a black historian, author and journalist who helped initiate U.S. Black History Week, which now has become U.S. Black History Month. Martin was instrumental in writing and passing the Kentucky Civil Rights Act in 1966 and the Kentucky Fair Housing Act in 1968. Welch, a former Ashland mayor, led some of the commission's first public hearings enforcing equal rights for minorities and women.
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