KY HR5

Kentucky House Resolution honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, and killed April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee

Recognizes Dr. King's civil rights leadership including the Montgomery bus boycott (1955), March on Washington (1963), and Selma to Montgomery March (1965)

Highlights Dr. King's impact on Kentucky, specifically the Kentucky Civil Rights Act of 1966, which King described as "the strongest and most comprehensive civil rights bill passed by a Southern state"

Urges all Kentuckians to embrace principles of kindness, peace, and equality as taught by Dr. King

Directs the House to adjourn in Dr. King's honor and transmit a copy of the resolution to Representative Lindsey Burke