[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 27 (Thursday, March 4, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2220-S2221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                         MARCH ON FRANKFORT, KY

 Mr. BUNNING. Madam President I would like to take the 
opportunity to recognize Rev. Thurmond Coleman and 200 others who 
participated in the commemorative 1964 march to the Kentucky State 
Capital in Frankfort, KY.
  Forty years ago, Reverend Coleman drove from Louisville to Frankfort 
with his five children to join the 1964 civil rights march of 10,000 
people led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the great baseball star, 
Jackie Robinson. That march helped push Kentucky to become the first 
southern State to pass civil rights legislation.
  The march and ceremony marked those early efforts and celebrated how 
far Kentucky has come in the last 40 years. Coleman was among those 
present yesterday who participated in the commemorative 1964 march and 
recalled the advances that were made in ensuing years. He is also a 
member of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, and has been an 
advocate for Kentucky's civil rights for many years.

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  I commend the efforts of Reverend Coleman and the other Kentuckians 
who coordinated the march on Frankfort, and hope that Kentucky 
continues to strive for equal rights for all of its citizens.

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