Civil rights icon Darryl Owens honored in Frankfort as part of Black History Month
Updated: 8:05 AM EST Feb 9, 2022
ILPS AND THE KENTUCKY DERBY. VICKI: --HO W DIED LAST MONTHS WAS AUGURED AS PART OF BCKLA HISTORY MONTH. DARRYL OWENS JNEDOIHE T BLACK CAUCUS. OWS WAS THE FIRST BLACK JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND FIRST BLACK CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF LOUISVILLE. HIS COLLEAGUES PRESENTED HIS FAMILY WITH THE MEMORIAL. >> DARYLL WORKED WITH EACH OF YOU AND THEY GOT INTO GOOD TROUBLE. I TNKHI SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS WERE LISTENING TO ME AS I PREPARED MY REMARKS. HE HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEMOATCR AND REPUBLICANS. VICKI: OWENS HELPED
A civil rights icon who died last month was honored in Frankfort on Tuesday as part of Black History Month.The family of Darryl Owens joined the Black legislative caucus in the Capitol rotunda.Gov. Andy Beshear also attended.Owens was one of many firsts in Kentucky, the first Black Jefferson County Commissioner and first Black candidate for Mayor of Louisville, among others.He also served as president of the NAACP and was a state lawmaker.His colleagues in the legislature presented the family with a memorial vase and pedestal. "Daryll worked with each of you and they got into good trouble," said Owens' wife, Brenda Owens. "I think some of the legislators were listening to me as I prepared my remarks. He had relationships with Democrats and Republicans."While in office, Owens helped pass felony expungement and voting rights legislation.
FRANKFORT, Ky. —
A civil rights icon who died last month was honored in Frankfort on Tuesday as part of Black History Month.
The family of Darryl Owens joined the Black legislative caucus in the Capitol rotunda.
Gov. Andy Beshear also attended.
Owens was one of many firsts in Kentucky, the first Black Jefferson County Commissioner and first Black candidate for Mayor of Louisville, among others.
He also served as president of the NAACP and was a state lawmaker.
His colleagues in the legislature presented the family with a memorial vase and pedestal.
"Daryll worked with each of you and they got into good trouble," said Owens' wife, Brenda Owens. "I think some of the legislators were listening to me as I prepared my remarks. He had relationships with Democrats and Republicans."
While in office, Owens helped pass felony expungement and voting rights legislation.