Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
Celebrates its Golden Anniversary
and
50 Years in the Journey of Civil Rights
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Welcome to our newest and 23rd Local Commission Partner!
The Mercer County Human Rights Commission
(Serving Harrodsburg, Burgin, and Mercer County)
P.O. Box 468
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
859-734-2383 Ext 102
Office hours
Mondays 9-12
Mark Thompson, Chair
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Human Rights Commission 50th Anniversary Photo Slideshow
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Racial disparity plagues us still Ky. can't ignore its damage to future
http://www.kentucky.com/2010/07/22/1358842/racial-disparity-plagues-us-still.html#ixzz0uoFJI4qN Racial disparity plagues us still - Editorial - Kentucky.com www.kentucky.com Can we talk about race? No need to in Kentucky.
Rev. Louis Coleman's vigilance carried on by others 2 years after death | courier-journal.com | The. www.courier-journal.com Two years after his death, the spirit of the Rev. Louis Coleman Jr. was alive Monday morning outside the Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building, where friends, family and followers gathered to mark the anniversary of his passing.
This summer join Kentucky Educational Television and TV stations across the country for a special series of screenings to highlight issues affecting women in the U.S. and across the globe. Contact 800.432.0951 ext. 7266 or email lthomas@ket.org Kentucky Educational Television: Education, Public Affairs, Arts and Culture, Online Video www.ket.org
The white world of politics in Kentucky - McClatchy Network - Kentucky.com www.kentucky.com In the very white world of Kentucky politics, race seldom is much of an issue.
www.theroot.com What might be a simple case of police self-defense becomes troubling when you consider the turbulent history of police-minority relations in one of America's most tolerant cities.
Interview: Betty Dukes on the Walmart Gender-Bias Lawsuit www.theroot.com Betty Dukes, 60, is the face of the largest gender-bias class-action lawsuit in U.S. history. The Root spoke to the woman who has big business on pins and needles.
Two Richmond police officers fired for misconduct - Crime - Kentucky.com www.kentucky.com Two Richmond police officers were dismissed from the force Tuesday after the Richmond City Commission found them each guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer, Chief Larry Brock said.
Bluegrass Moms | New ruling will give gay workers child-care leave www.kentucky.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will soon expand the rights of gay workers by allowing them to take family and medical leave to care for sick or newborn children of same-sex partners, administration officials said Monday.
Supreme Court denies maternity leave; policy is ‘pregnancy-blind’ www.daytondailynews.com COLUMBUS — A company’s “pregnancy-blind” policy does not violate Ohio’s civil rights laws, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, June 22, in denying maternity leave to an employee of a Pataskala nursing home.
How Should Barack Obama Confront Racial Injustice? Book Excerpt: The Presumption of Guilt by Charles Ogletree www.theroot.com In an excerpt from his new book, The Presumption of Guilt, the Harvard Law School professor argues that the president is constrained by deeply embedded attitudes on race.
Here is an excellent program in Richmond, Ky., to build trust between youth and police: Hold a month-long summer camp where students and police can get to know each other in a non-confrontational way. Summer camp seeks applicants » Local News » The Richmond Register www.richmondregister.com Zaelin Crutcher, then 11, plays basketball last July with Richmond Police Officer Greg Marcum during Police Camp at the Betty Miller Center.
A Louisville-area police officer received a one-day suspension without pay after department officials concluded he sent an e-mail containing racist materials while on duty.
After 10 years of deciding how to honor the enslaved blacks whose labor raised the Capitol, lawmakers commemorate their sacrifice in bronze. Slave Labor Plaques Unveiled at the Capitol
www.theroot.com After 10 years of deciding how to honor the enslaved blacks whose labor raised the Capitol, lawmakers commemorate their sacrifice in bronze.
Housing becomes main topic of human rights meeting » Local News » Daily Independent (Ashland, KY) http://dailyindependent.com/local/x1996918679/Housing-becomes-main-topic-of-human-rights-meeting
Human rights » Local News » The Richmond Register richmondregister.com RICHMOND — Changes to Richmond’s human rights ordinance was brought to the attention of commissioners on Tuesday for the second time during a workshop before the regular commission meeting. Richmond Human ...
Supreme Court eases Miranda enforcement - latimes.com www.latimes.com The Supreme Court backed off Tuesday from strict enforcement of its historic Miranda decision, ruling that a crime suspect's words can be used against him if he fails to clearly tell police that he does not want to talk.
Study finds blacks being blocked from serving on southern juries www.theroot.com
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The repercussions continue over a video of an alleged police beating that a Fox TV station declined to show.
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Embracing the slogan, "Education not Deportation," 25 people are fasting in Lexington in support of a federal bill that would let undocumented immigrant children earn permanent residency by attending college or serving in the military.
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Most of the Vietnamese people resettled in Louisville initially lived close to one another mostly in the South End as they transitioned into their new lives. Despite low initial wages, extended families pooled money to buy houses, and today few rely on social services at the Americana Community...
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It's attracting support from members of some non-Hispanic minority groups. Here's why they should reconsider.
A mother has asked Lexington police and medical providers for details surrounding her autistic son's death after officers tried to handcuff him at a group home for mentally disabled people Sunday.
The Women of SNCC Challenging brutal oppression in the South, the student organization gave women a rare opportunity to lead.
Atticus Finch and Benjamin Hooks http://www.newsweek.com/id/236591
Dorothy Height, one of the Big Six of the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, dies: Link
Full Interview: Francis Hooks speaks about her husband's death
Longtime NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Hooks dies
Police investigate Hate-Crime-In-N-Ky
Well-off blacks denied loans more than low-income whites "Discrminiation is alive, at least in Dayton, Ohio."
Black Girls Are Still Enslaved The sexual trafficking of our young females is happening at an alarming rate. Who will free them?
Watch the KET Connections Renee Shaw interview of KY Human Rights Director John J. Johnson on the Commission 50th Anniversary.
Click here to see the interview.
http://www.wlky.com/news/22353101/detail.html Human Rights Commission, Linda Breathitt, Others, commemorate 44th anniversary of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act.
Call to support two fairness bills in Kentucky legislature
As John Johnson of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights put it, "On this day my friends -- we call upon our lawmakers to recognize the dignity of human rights of all people in the Commonwealth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-sexual and transgender people, for they are all precious in God's sight."
Governor Beshear Honors Extraordinary Kentucky Women.
Also proclaims March Women’s History Month in the Commonwealth.