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KY Civil Rights History is topic of tonight's talk at Lindsey Wilson The speaker tonight, John J. Johnson, has been a courageous leader in the human rights movement since he was 18. He was one of the youngest presidents of a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People when he was tapped for the position at 19 in his hometown of Franklin, KY. Johnson also pushed for integration of city pools, and he led the fight against an effort to name Lawrence A. Rainey the head of Franklin's police department. Rainey was the sheriff of Neshoba County, MS, where he gained notoriety for his alleged involvement with the deaths and cover-ups of three civil rights workers. An alleged member of the Ku Klux Klan, Rainey was depicted in the 1988 film Mississippi Burning. - DB Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Duane Bonifer, Public Relations Director Lindsey Wilson College COLUMBIA, KY - Kentucky's chief civil rights officer, Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Executive Director John J. Johnson, will speak at 7pmCT on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, in Lindsey Wilson College's W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall, 155 Blue Raider Drive, Columbia, KY. His talk is free and open to the public. (Update at 11:02amCT, February 4, 2014 - Event CANCELLED, per Phil Hanna). Johnson will speak about the commission, its founding and its work over the last half-century. This spring marks a seminal event in the history of the Kentucky civil rights movement. On March 5, 2015, the civil rights community will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the of the Civil Rights March on Frankfort. The march - which featured the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., former professional baseball player Jackie Robinson, and the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary - was credited as helping end segregation and helped make Kentucky the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line to have a state civil rights law. The march drew 10,000 people who marched to the Capitol steps to protest discrimination against blacks in restaurants, hotels and other public accommodations. The march also helped build support for the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 and helped result in the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966. Johnson, 69, has been active in the human rights movement since he was 18. He was one of the youngest presidents of a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People when he was tapped for the position at 19 in his hometown of Franklin, KY. Johnson also pushed for integration of city pools, and he led the fight against an effort to name Lawrence A. Rainey the head of Franklin's police department. Rainey was the sheriff of Neshoba County, MS, where he gained notoriety for his alleged involvement with the deaths and cover-ups of three civil rights workers. An alleged member of the Ku Klux Klan, Rainey was depicted in the 1988 film "Mississippi Burning". Johnson has monitored elections in South Africa; helped oversee funeral arrangements for civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks; and helped launch a much-praised NAACP voter-registration drive. Since 2007, Johnson has led the groundbreaking Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, which has its main offices in Louisville and has the authority to investigate complaints of discrimination in the areas of employment, public accommodations, housing and financial transactions, based on race, color, age, gender, nationality, disability, and religion, and in the area of housing, also familial status. - Duane Bonifer, Lindsey Wilson College The writer, Duane Bonifer, is a longserving member of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. This story was posted on 2014-02-04 03:16:52
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