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Welcome to the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
Are you a victim of discrimination?
The Kentucky Civil Rights Act protects YOU.
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Kentucky Commission on Human Rights issues May rulings
LOUISVILLE – The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Board of Commissioners today issued rulings on a number of complaints. The Commission accepted four conciliation agreements, dismissed 28 cases with findings of no probable cause, accepted two withdrawals with private, undisclosed settlements, and accepted four withdrawals without settlements but with a right to file a private suit. KCHR Rulings
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The start of the Brown vs. Board of Education case began when a little black girl, Linda Brown, had to walk one mile over railroad tracks to get to her little black school, when she could have gone to a "white school" just seven blocks away. Chief Justice Earl Warren read the final twelve-page decision to a crowded courtroom on May 17, 1954. Warren read aloud: "We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal education opportunities?" "We believe it does."
Please Join Us for:
Is Equal Quality Education in Kentucky a Dream Deferred?
A current day look at School Integration in Kentucky
May 15, 2008
at the Louisville Urban League
1535 W. Broadway in Louisville, KY
1:00 p.m. (EST).
Panelists:
Dr. James Blaine Hudson (U of L)
Ms. Patricia Todd (JCPS)
Sherron Jackson (Council on Post-Secondary Education)
Moderator:
Dr. Chad Berry (Berea College)
Honorees:
The late, Thomas Hogan and
The late, John Edward Haycraft
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The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell appeared in Look magazine in 1964, ten years after the Brown decision and during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The artist was inspired by Ruby Bridges, the sole African American child to attend a New Orleans elementary school after court-ordered desegregation in 1960. Although Bridge’s story was the inspiration, the painting is not meant to be specifically about her. It is a broader social commentary on the situation into which thousands of African American students were thrust during the early years of school desegregation.
©1964 The Norman Rockwell Family Trust. |
KCHR Fair Housing Initiative Program activities:
May 17, 2008: Please visit KCHR booth at the Mexican Consular Mobil in Owensboro. KCHR will conduct a worksop and ditstribute fair housing materials.
June 7, 2008: Please visit KCHR booth at the Annual American Festival in Louisville; fair housing materials will be given to immigrants.
August 9, 2008: Please visit KCHR booth at the Mexican Consular Mobil in Erlanger. KCHR will conduct a worksop and ditstribute fair housing materials.
September 6, 2008: Please visit KCHR booth at the Mexican Consular Mobil in Louisville. KCHR will conduct a worksop and ditstribute fair housing materials.
2008 Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
Advocacy Hearings
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1 to 3 p.m. |
Held at the Urban League office in Louisville except for April and August, which will be held away from Louisville. |
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March 20 |
Ain’t I A Kentucky Woman?
A Presentation on the Status of Equal Opportunity for Women in Kentucky’s Industries
In honor of Lois Morris and Bettye Thurmond |
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April 17 |
“Open Housing” in Kentucky: Reality or Myth?
A look at Housing Segregation In Kentucky
Held in Whitesburg, Kentucky
In honor of Leo Lessor and Suzy Post |
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May 15 |
Is Equal-Quality Education in Kentucky a Dream Deferred?
A current day look at School Integration in Kentucky
In honor of John Haycraft and Tom Hogan |
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June 19 |
Does Kentucky Treat its First, Last?
A Look at Kentucky’s Native American Population
In honor of Momfeather Erickson |
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July 17 |
Kentucky’s Overlooked Majority:
A Presentation on Disability Rights
In honor of Cass Irvin |
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August 8 |
Does Kentucky Respect the Bridge that Brought us Over?
An Assessment of Equal Opportunity For Aging Kentuckians
Held in Paducah
In honor of Eva Carmen |
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September 18 |
Does Slavery Exist in Kentucky in 2008?
A Presentation on Human Trafficking
In honor of the Catholic Charities of Kentucky |
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October 16 |
I, Too, Sing Kentucky:
Equality for Kentucky’s Foreign-born Population
(Honoree to be announced) |
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November
(Date to be announced) |
Does Kentucky still have Faith in Interfaith?
A Presentation on the Extent of Religious Discrimination in Kentucky Today
In honor of Rev. F. G. Sampson and Rabbi Martin Purley |
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End Discrimination? Yes! Sharing knowledge is the key. |
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Partnership:
Education:
We provide training in -
- Fair Housing Training Seminars
- Fair Employment Training Seminars
- Diversity Training Workshops
- Sexual Harassment Training
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