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'''Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression''' is a surviving branch of the old [[Communist Party USA]] front  [[National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]]. It is connected also to the [[Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]].

==Allies==
[[Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]] joined in coalition with other like minded allied organizations on many other justice struggles including [[LSURG]], [[Louisville Fairness Campaign]], [[Kentuckians for the Commonwealth]], [[Kentucky Jobs with Justice]], and [[Black Lives Matter Movement]].<ref>[http://www.kentuckyalliance.org/causes-single.html]</ref>
==Felony riot charges==
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[[Louisville Democratic Socialists of America]] circa September 27 2020.

If you are able, join the [[Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]] Press Conference right now at the Square. Support protesters charged w felony ‘riot’ including Rep [[Attica Scott]], Movement mother [[Rhonda Mathis]], Rep Scott’s daughter [[Ashanti Scott]], [[Shameka Parrish|Shameka Parrish-Wright]] and others. Demand Justice for Breonna and End to police repression of protests.

==Leadership 2017==
[[Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]] leadersip, 2017.
*[[Barbara Boyd]] - Chair
*[[Tia Edison]] - First Chair
*[[Wayne Shemwell]] - Second Chair
*[[Ike Thacker]] - Third Chair
*[[Antonio Wickliffe]] - Treasurer
*[[Robyn Bellamy]] - Secretary
*[[DeNita Wright]] - Assistant Secretary<ref>[http://www.kentuckyalliance.org/gallery.html]</ref>

==Kentucky Alliance co-chairs==

In 2009 [[K. A. Owens]], [[Kathleen Parks]], [[David Lott]] were [[Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]] co-chairs.<ref>[ http://thebridge.typepad.com/ The Political Bridge thebridge/louisville-neighborhoods/ November 04, 2009
Famed Social Activist and Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney to Speak at the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression’s 12th Annual Unity Dinner]</ref>

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==Barber speech==
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Rev. Dr. William Barber II’s keynote speech at the 10th annual Unity Dinner at Louisville Gardens Sept. 29 2007, bore the title, “Mobilizing Action to Challenge the Current Wave of Racism & Political Repression.”

Barber is "a prominent mobilizer/organizer of mass action, especially in his adopted home state of North Carolina".

The [[Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression]] organized the dinner, which was catered by Expressions
of You, an African-American caterer, and included various musical selections by area artists.

Based in Durham, Barber is a renowned scholar, speaker, and activist who leads the North Carolina state NAACP and participated in the [[National Reconciliation Task Force]].

He is one of the leaders of a 70-group [[Peoples Agenda]] coalition that operates and advocates statewide, and which in February 2007, 
coordinated what members called “H K on J:” Historic Thousands on Jones Street (Jones Street is the location of the state capitol in Raleigh), in which the marching “K” (thousands) — numbering at least 2,000 — presented a 14-point Peoples Agenda to their state government.<ref>[http://www.louisville-for.org/oldlouisville-for/Images/FOR%2011-07.pdf, Forsooth November 2007, p 1,2]</ref>

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