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Kentucky Civil Rights Panel Cites 14 New Members

by Associated Press , August 2, 2005

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  • Dr. Joseph McMillan of Louisville. He is a former board member of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. He is past president of the Louisville Urban League, a former chair of the Louisville/Jefferson County Human Relations Commission and former chair of the Kentucky Rainbow Coalition;

  • The late Dr. Maurice Rabb of Louisville. He was the first Black physician accepted for membership into the Jefferson County Medical Society. He was vice president of the NAACP in Louisville. He fought against segregation and for the hiring and promotion of African-Americans. He was a member of the Louisville Human Relations Commission;

  • The late Gov. Augustus Stanley of Shelbyville. He was an advocate for women's rights and the Workers' Compensation Act. During his tenure as governor, he increased funding for what were then called Negro Schools and opposed the Ku Klux Klan. He also came to the rescue of an African-American man who was wanted by a lynch mob in 1917;

  • The late Carter Woodson of Berea. He is known as the father of Black History Month in the United States. He lived from 1875 to 1950 and was an author, educator and human rights activist. He was a graduate of Berea College who campaigned for Negro History Week as a way to instill pride in African- Americans.

    • — Associated Press



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