CITIZEN ADVOCACY HEARINGS REPORT REVIEW OF THE COMMISSION 2008 PANEL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTED CLASS ISSUES IN KENTUCKY Kentucky Commission on Human Rights PROTECTOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS VOICE FOR EQUALITY CATALYST FOR POSITIVE CHANGE Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Photo of Kentucky Governor Edward Breathitt signing The Kentucky Civil Rights Act on March 21, 1964, Commission Archives Board of Commissioners Chair George W. Stinson, Louisville . Henry Curtis, Frankfort . Robert Asseo, Florence Timothy W. Thomas, Madisonville . Virginia L. Burton , Lexington . Samuel R. Coleman Jr., Middlesboro . George McDade Staples, Pineville Robert S. Peters, Lexington . Alma L. Randolph Patton, Owensboro . Duane Bonifer, Greensburg . V. Ann Newman, Ashland John J. Johnson, Executive Director 332 W. Broadway, Suite 700 Louisville, Kentucky 40202 (502)595-4024 1(800)292-5566 TDD: (502)595-4084 Email:
[email protected] www.kchr.ky.gov Dedicated to Anne M. Braden The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights proudly dedicates this Citizen Advocacy Hearing Report to the late Anne M. Braden of Louisville. Civil Rights Movement leader, activist, volunteer, champion of so many causes to bring equality to the people of Kentucky, Anne dedicated her life to achieving human freedom for all. For more than 50 years, she demonstrated that she could not and would not tolerate discrimination. Her efforts transcended any one area of civil rights work. She was the first recipient of the American Civil Liberties Union Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty. She was author of the book, The Wall Between, civil rights teacher, and former journalist of the old Louisville Times. She and her husband Carl sold a house to an African American couple in a white Louisville neighborhood, endangering their lives and their freedom and breaking the hard color line that had existed for so long.