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To eradicate discrimination in the Commonwealth through enforcement of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act.

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Kentucky civil rights-era leaders talk about progress in race relations in Kentucky Beyond the Color Line

Ten years after documenting the civil rights experiences of Kentucky African Americans in Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky, KET revisits the pivotal players who organized with others to demand legal and social equality in Kentucky Beyond the Color Line. The program premieres on Monday, Jan. 16 at 9/8 p.m. CT on KET.
Host Renee Shaw talks with activists that include: Blaine Hudson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville; Lexington Urban League President P.G. Peeples; former State Senator Georgia Davis Powers; Louisville NAACP leader Raoul Cunningham; and John Johnson, executive director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.
The panel discusses progress since the original documentary in 2001 and the challenges ahead. Prior to Kentucky Beyond the Color Line, KET will re-air Living The Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky on Monday, Jan. 16 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET.
“History is the greatest teacher of contemporary times,” Shaw says. “We are grateful this esteemed panel gathered for a reunion to reflect on the past and discuss candid insights on the challenges we face today with racial issues.”
Kentucky Beyond the Color Line is produced and hosted by Shaw and produced/directed by Justin Allen.
A video clip of John Johnson discussing the coverage of racial issues is discussed here: http://youtu.be/gFoikMh8BJM
 

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January is National Braille Literacy Month

National Literacy Month commemorates the birth of Louis Braille in 1809. Braille was blinded at the age of three years old by an accident in his gather’s harness-making shop in Coupvray, near Paris. An awl used to make holes in leather harnesses slid into his eye, causing an infection that blinded him in both eyes.

At the age of 10, and with a love of learning, Braille entered the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, the world’s first school for blind children, but learning by listening only became increasingly difficult.

When Braille was 12 years old, he began modifying and adding his own invention to a secret code used by the French military called “night writing”. Working entirely on his own, Braille streamlined the night writing code from a series of 12-dot patterns to a simpler, and more elegant, six-dot version. He perfected his system in three short years and presented it the world at the age of 15.

Six dots. Six bumps. Near endless combinations. And the world of learning again opened to Louis Braille. And his passion forever changed the world of independent reading, writing and learning for many people who are blind.

Braille accepted a full-time teaching position at the Royal Institute when he was nineteen. He was a respected teacher and an accomplished musician. Braille died at age 43 in 1852.

Upcoming Events

Jan. 12, 2012  - Dr. Martin Luther Jr. State Commission and Governor’s Office of Minority Empowerment Annual Holiday Celebration will be at 4 p.m. The Kentucky History Center
100 West Broadway Street, Frankfort, KY 40601
Keynote speaker: Mrs. Roszalyn Akins

Jan. 12, 2012 - Joe Rogers, the former lieutenant governor of Colorad, will be the keynote speaker at 7 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium at Transylvania University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Mr. Rogers was the youngest lieutenant government in the United States and the fourth African American to hold the position.

Jan. 13, 2012 - Mr. Steven Birdine will be the featured speaker at the Northern Kentucky University MLK Jr. program from 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. at NKU Student Union Room 107 A.

Jan. 14, 20102 - The Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Discussion Breakfast will be held from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at the Church of Our Savior on East 10th Street in Covington.

 Jan. 14, 2012 - “Living The Dream, What Does it Mean to Serve?  Will be at 10 a.m. at
St. Paul United Methodist Church
1800 Louisville Road, Frankfort, KY 40601

Jan. 14, 2012 - 28th Annual Hopkins County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Program
Byrnes Auditorium will be at 6 p.m. 750 North Laffoon Street, Madisonville, KY 42431
Keynote speaker: Mrs. Naomi Ruth Barber King, wife of
Rev. A.D. King, the younger brother of Rev. MLK Jr.

Jan. 15, 2012 - Elevated Missionary Baptist Church at 3:00pm
Refreshments will be served at the Brooks Wright Center

Jan. 15, 2012 - The Annual MLK Jr. Interfaith Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington.

Jan. 15, 2012 – Kelva Nelson, who has taught at Crabbe Elementary School in Ashland for 29 years, will speak at a community service sponsored by the Ashland Area Ministerial Association at 7 p.m.
New Hope Baptist Church, 2717 Carter Avenue in Ashland.

Jan. 16, 2012 – The Rev. Ike Nicholson, pastor of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) at 1930 Winchester Ave., will be the featured speaker at Monday’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service at the historic St. James AME Church at 333 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Ashland.
The service, sponsored by the Boyd & Greenup NAACP, will begin at 10:30 a.m. and conclude with the Poor Man March from the front of St. James church on Carter Avenue to the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church on Judd Plaza, where a free lunch will be served by the church. Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Commissioner Ann Newman is also the president of the NAACP of Boyd & Greenup Counties.

Jan. 16, 2012 - Cynthiana-Harrison County NAACP MLK Jr. Program will be held at 10 a.m. at
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
305 North Locust Street, Cynthiana, KY 41031
Keynote speaker: Mr. John J. Johnson,
Executive Director, The Kentucky Commission on
Human Rights

Jan. 16, 2012 - MLK Jr. Day of Service will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Bigelow Hall, Miller Information and Technology Center Belknap Campus
University of Louisville
2301 South 3rd Street
Louisville, KY 40292

Jan. 16, 2012 - Traditional MLK Jr. Freedom March and Program will be held at 10 a.m.
Sponsored by the University of Kentucky and Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
Lexington Center Heritage Hall
410 West Vine Street
Lexington, KY 40598

Jan. 16, 2012 - The Annual Northern Kentucky NAACP MLK Jr. Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. at The Syndicate in Newport.

Jan. 16, 2012 - The Annual Northern Kentucky MLK Jr. Celebration will begin with a 5 p.m. march from MLK Jr. Blvd in Covington to the Carnegie Arts Center, where the program will be held.

Jan. 16, 2012 - The 10th Annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Service will be held at 6 p.m. Central Time (7 p.m. Eastern Time) at the Harvest House Church at 911 Oakwood Drive in Hartford, in Ohio County, Ky. Mr. John J. Johnson, the executive director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, will be the keynote speaker. The theme of the event is "Is the American Dream in Jeopardy?'' The program is sponsored by the Harvest House Church and its pastor, Bishop Robert L. Randolph. There will be musical selections by choirs and soloists. Kentucky Human Rights Commissioner Alma Randolph Patton, whose districts includes Hartford, will also be at the event.

Jan. 16, 2012 - The Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation and Musical Salute will be held at 6:30 p.m. in Newlin Hall at the
Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College. The Kentucky State University Concert Choir, the Centre College Choir and choirs from Danville, Boyle and Mercer County high schools will also perform. The event is sponsored by the Centre College Office of Diversity, the Diversity Student Union and the Norton Center for the Arts. For more information, please call the Centre College Office of Diversity at (859) 238-6223 or Director J.H. Atkins at (859) 236-5818.

Murray State University MLK Events

Jan. 16, 2012
MLK Jr. Breakfast
Woodman of the World 8:00 am
330 Cc Lowery Drive, Murray KY
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Zeta Omicron Chapter
For more information contact: 270-809-6836
MLK Jr. Keynote Address
Curris Center Ballroom 10:00 am
Rinzee Stansberry, Pastor, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Ridgeway, SC
Senior Program Manager, University of South Carolina
University Technology Service Division
MLK Jr. Day of Service: Racer Challenge
Check-in Curris Center 3rd Floor Concourse 9:30 am
Community Service Projects 12:00 pm– 5:00 pm
MSU Service Learning & Regional Outreach
Register on-line at: www.murraystate.edu/outreach
For more Information contact: 270-809-5888

Ja. 18, 2012

MLK Jr. Panel Discussion: Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Curris Center Ballroom 6:00 pm
Moderator: Dr. Steve Jones, Chair, Department Social Work,
Criminal Justice & Gerontology 

Jan. 21, 2012
Marvin D. Mills Scholars Community Service Project
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
For more Information contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at
270-809-6836 or visit www.murraystate.edu/oma

 

 

50 Years in the Journey of Civil Rights: Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Timeline

 

End Discrimination? Yes! Sharing knowledge is the key.

 
Commission Executive Director
 


    In the photo, Executive Director John Johnson stands with the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Sculpture in Washington D.C.

  

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