Outside the U of L Board of Trustees meeting in Grawemeyer Hall, representatives of the African-American community staged a silent protest of Gov. Steve Beshear’s appointments to the Board.
Under Kentucky state law, the board must “reflect no less than proprotional representation of the minority racial composition of the commonwealth.”
The Board has had an African-American member from Woodford Porter in 1958 until Rev. Kevin Cosby left in June.
“This board, as a reult of the decision of Gov. Steve Beshear, is the most segregated board since the 1970s,” said Rev. Clay Calloway of the West Louisville Minister’s Coalition in a press release.