Three people have been added to the Gallery of Great Black Kentuckians during a celebration marking Black History Month at the state Capitol.



The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights announced the inductees are longtime state Sen. Gerald Neal of Louisville, the late Arthur Walters and the late William Blakey. Blakey was a Louisville native who served as legal counsel to the United Negro College Fund for more than 15 years. Walters was Louisville Urban League executive director from 1970 to 1987. Both died in 2010.

The announcement came during the Black Legislative Caucus' celebration Wednesday.

Since the program's beginning in 1970, the commission has inducted 51 Great Black Kentuckians. Inductees' stories are depicted on educational posters used by schools and libraries.

To see the posters, visit http://www.kchr.ky.gov .

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