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Actress Ruby Dee to speak at U of L

March 7, 2011 – 11:02 am

The University of Louisville’s “It’s Happening Here” speakers series is hosting legendary actress and human rights advocate, Lady Ruby Dee later this week. The forum is part of International Women’s Day with Dee’s lecture focusing the importance of “Social Justice Through The Arts” in an address to students. For several decades Dee has been a [...]

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Tuskegee Airmen exhibit coming to Ali Center

February 3, 2011 – 2:42 pm

For Black History Month, the Tuskegee Airmen and their many connections with Kentucky will be the focus of a special exhibit at the Muhammad Ali Center that will be on display throughout February. “We encourage everyone who can to visit the center to see this and other exhibits,” says Ken Lucas, commissioner of the Kentucky [...]

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Bellarmine marks Black History Month with series of events

February 1, 2011 – 2:57 pm

For the next four weeks, Bellarmine University is hosting a series of free public events in February to celebrate Black History Month. The highlights kicks off with a guest lecture by Tony Bonta on the Catholic Church’s role in advocating for racial justice in the U.S, and a February 15 lecture on Trappist monk Thomas [...]

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Frazier Museum to celebrate Black History Month

January 13, 2011 – 12:50 pm

In honor of Black History Month, the Frazier International History Museum is partnering with Kentucky Opera and Fund for the Arts to host four separate events that will showcase their groups artistic talents while observing important people and moments. During each scheduled event, Kentucky Opera Studio Artists will perform “Oh Freedom!” and tour the rich [...]

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Forum to discuss African-American goals in degrees initiative

November 16, 2010 – 11:30 am

A panel of civil rights and community leaders will host a forum to discuss how Louisville’s African-American community factors into the city’s 55,000 Degrees initiative. Later today the Urban Upgrade Educational forum will convene at St. Stephen Church to address the widening achievement gap and lack of educational attainment in the black community in relation [...]

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Two key judicial races will be recanvassed

November 11, 2010 – 3:08 pm

Across Kentucky, different county clerk offices will be rechecking election results this Friday, including two hotly contested judicial races in Jefferson County that could have ramifications on the benches racial makeup. On Election Night, three of the four African-American judges in Jefferson County retained their seats and two of those races were decided by razor-thin [...]

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Dress code lawsuit filed against Cordish in K.C.

August 5, 2010 – 2:55 pm

The Cordish Cos. — the Baltimore-based developer of Fourth Street Live — has been hit with a new lawsuit alleging racial discrimination based on the dress code at the Power & Light entertainment district in Kansas City, Mo. Does any of this sound familiar? From The Kansas City Star: A group of four African-American men [...]

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The (black) state of the commonwealth

February 23, 2010 – 4:30 pm

The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights released a revised version of its Status of African Americans in Kentucky report, and statistics show that blacks continue to struggle in the commonwealth. Relying on a variety of sources, the study encapsulates the most recent information affecting African-Americans in housing, education and the criminal justice system. At the [...]

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