Thursday, June 17, 2010
Highway Named For African-American Woman
KENTUCKY...
New highway signs on a stretch of Interstate 264 in Louisville will honor Georgia Davis Powers, who in 1967 became the first African American in the Kentucky Senate.
Gov. Steve Beshear and others unveiled one of the new signs Wednesday designating the 7�-mile section of roadway as the Georgia Davis Powers Expressway. Beshear said Powers spent her career building roads and bridges to connect people in Louisville as well as throughout Kentucky and that it's fitting to name a highway in her honor.
Powers spent 21 years in the Senate and retired at the end of 1988.
New highway signs on a stretch of Interstate 264 in Louisville will honor Georgia Davis Powers, who in 1967 became the first African American in the Kentucky Senate.
Gov. Steve Beshear and others unveiled one of the new signs Wednesday designating the 7�-mile section of roadway as the Georgia Davis Powers Expressway. Beshear said Powers spent her career building roads and bridges to connect people in Louisville as well as throughout Kentucky and that it's fitting to name a highway in her honor.
Powers spent 21 years in the Senate and retired at the end of 1988.
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