News & Commentary
Aug 27, 2015
KY Farm Bureau: No Hate In Our State, Protest Arrests
The ACLU of Kentucky joined our allies with the Fairness Campaign and JCTA for what has become an annual protest of the Kentucky Farm Bureau at their Country Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair.
By Amber Duke
Aug 13, 2015
Faces of Liberty: Mikki Adams
“What sets the ACLU of Kentucky apart from other organizations? The tenacity with which [it] grabs onto an issue, and [does not] let go. And they don’t fool around. They are not to be screwed with. We are not to be screwed with.”
Mikki Adams got involved with the ACLU of Kentucky in the 1970s during the Vietnam War. “[President] Nixon came to town, and they were ripping signs out of our hands,” she recalled, laughing. “We all got pissed off.”
Getting pissed off was a common spark for Adams’ involvement with the ACLU-KY in a number of roles
By Amber Duke
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