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Georgia Davis Powers
Born in 1923 in the small African American community of Jimtown in Springfield, Kentucky. Senator Powers became the first African American and first woman elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 1968. A key civil rights activist and ally of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, she introduced Kentucky’s first fair housing law and sponsored anti-discrimination and equal employment legislation. Throughout her 21 years in the Senate, Powers chaired key committees and championed improvements in education for those with physical and mental disabilities. In 2010, a portion of the I-264 expressway that goes through the west end of Louisville was renamed in recognition of her accomplishments.
Born in 1923 in the small African American community of Jimtown in Springfield, Kentucky. Senator Powers became the first African American and first woman elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 1968. A key civil rights activist and ally of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, she introduced Kentucky’s first fair housing law and sponsored anti-discrimination and equal employment legislation. Throughout her 21 years in the Senate, Powers chaired key committees and championed improvements in education for those with physical and mental disabilities. In 2010, a portion of the I-264 expressway that goes through the west end of Louisville was renamed in recognition of her accomplishments.
Georgia Davis Powers
Born in 1923 in the small African American community of Jimtown in Springfield, Kentucky. Senator Powers became the first African American and first woman elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 1968. A key civil rights activist and ally of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, she introduced Kentucky’s first fair housing law and sponsored anti-discrimination and equal employment legislation. Throughout her 21 years in the Senate, Powers chaired key committees and championed improvements in education for those with physical and mental disabilities. In 2010, a portion of the I-264 expressway that goes through the west end of Louisville was renamed in recognition of her accomplishments.