Program to honor Civil Rights pioneer, voting rights advocate RCO Benjamin

Lexington History Museum

Lex Talk History welcomes historian Yvonne Giles as she shares her research on notable Kentucky African-Americans including R.C.O. Benjamin. On Thursday October 1st the history museum is teaming up with Blue Grass Community Foundation and the Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative for an event honoring the lawyer, journalist and advocate for voting rights. The program will include the dedication of soil collected at the Equal Justice Initiative marker installation and a staged reading of “Benjamin’s Victory,” an original audio drama by Michele Tyrene Johnson.