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Georgia Powers talking about the march on Frankfort. - 2 views

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    This is a great Primary source of Georgia Davis Powers talking about the 1964 march on Frankfort trying to pass equal housing bill for Kentucky.
One Ton

Famous Friends - 1 views

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    List of people who spent part of their lives in the state of Kentucky.
Big Bird

400 Arrested in Kentucky Riots - 0 views

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    This is an article from the New York times describing the riots that occurred in Lousiville due to the desegregation of its local schools. These riots happened in 1975, more than 20 years after the famous Brown vs. Board of Education court case which ended segregation in schools.
Randolph Hollingsworth

New Highway Sign Honors Former Senator Georgia Davis Powers | Kentucky Senate Democrati... - 0 views

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    This news announcement has a nice picture that is recent - let's find out iif photos provided by "LRC Public Information" (Legislative Research Council) are in the public domain and we can use it to fix the Wikipedia entry on her.
charlie v

Georgia Davis Powers KET video - 0 views

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    This is the interview of Mrs. Powers and is extremely beneficial to our study of her. I think she was one of the most influential women of all time. She was able to influence and change so many lives in Kentucky and through out the south.
Randolph Hollingsworth

Projects - Kentucky Women in the Civil Rights Era - 1 views

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    New Page is UP!!!! Let me know if you need corrections/edits.
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    Yes, I do. I have more pictures that I would like to add but do not know how to do it. I can send you the link that I was given?
Randolph Hollingsworth

Civil Rights Driving Tour, Louisville Kentucky - 0 views

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    Includes a stop at Anne Braden's home, 4403 Virginia Ave.
aplatonic 3

Talent and Generosity - Lane Report | Kentucky Business & Economic News - 0 views

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    Governor's School for the Arts article is insightful to her community action profile, a continuance of her roots as a school teacher in the civil rights era.
charlie v

Shiloh Baptist Church - 1 views

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    This website gives information on the history and on the mission of the church today. It is intresting to see the changes that tookplace and the involvement they had with the community during the civil rights era.
aplatonic 3

STUDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR RESPECT, RIGHTS - 3 views

One Ton

Women Reformers and Activists (Nationwide) - 1 views

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    Very long list of important women activists organized alphabetically. Not only KY women though.
charlie v

House of Un-American Activities Committee - 1 views

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    Sorry forgot the bookmark http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-huac.htm This government run committee was designed to investigate potential threats to the United States from the inside. Including the relevant Cold War and communist that could be in the United States. They spent most of their time investigating left wing democrates, including Carl Braden, Anne Bradens husband and the Black Civil Rights Movement. The committee no longer exist and the website discuss the past of the group.
Randolph Hollingsworth

Mary Virginia Cook Parrish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    by "dream big"
Randolph Hollingsworth

The day I met Martin Luther King [Opinion: The Arena] | Louisville.com - 0 views

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    Unlike many other histories, this narrative puts a woman leader - Georgia Davis Powers - at the top of the list of those who organized the March on Frankfort
Randolph Hollingsworth

Anne Braden: Southern Patriot (movie transcript) - 0 views

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    Transcript of the 2012 Appalshop Documentary about Anne Braden (http://annebradenfilm.org/)
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