A Moment in Kentucky History: Georgia Davis Powers

WEKU | By wendy barnett

Published October 18, 2019 at 5:39 AM EDT

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about Georgia Davis Powers, the first person of color and first woman to be elected to the Kentucky Senate.

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