FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. IN 1936, CHARLES ANDERSON JUNIOR WAS THE FIRST BLACK LEGISLATOR TO WALK THROUGH THESE DOORS. AND NOW, NEARLY 90 YEARS LATER, HIS LEGACY AND THE ONES HE PAVED THE WAY FOR ARE STILL BEING CELEBRATED INSIDE THE STATE CAPITOL ROTUNDA WAS FULL THURSDAY OF THOSE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY. REFLECTING ON THE PROGRESS IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHALLENGES THAT REMAIN. OUR CULTURE, WE맥스카지노�VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH, BUT WE맥스카지노�RE HERE. WE ARE ALL STANDING. WE맥스카지노�RE DOING AMAZING THINGS. THE KENTUCKY BLACK LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS HOLDS THIS ANNUAL EVENT TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF BLACK KENTUCKIANS AND INSPIRE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE PAST, IF WE맥스카지노�RE GOING TO FACE THE FUTURE, IT맥스카지노�S GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF YOU. SEVERAL LAWMAKERS, JUSTICES AND THE GOVERNOR WERE IN ATTENDANCE. BESHEAR ADDRESSED THE ONGOING NATIONAL DEBATE SURROUNDING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND DIE, WHILE OTHERS MAY BE DOING WRONG. TODAY IN KENTUCKY, WE ARE COLLECTIVELY DOING WHAT맥스카지노�S RIGHT. BLACK HISTORY IS KENTUCKY HISTORY. BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. A HISTORIC MILESTONE WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED AT THE EVENT IN JANUARY. PAMELA GOODWINE WAS SWORN IN AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT. 45 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS NO ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE ME, AND WHEN I WALKED INTO THE COURTHOUSE AT 16 IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, AND I SAID, WHY ISN맥스카지노�T THERE SOMEONE HERE WHO LOOKS LIKE ME? I WAS DETERMINED FROM THAT POINT ON TO MAKE HISTORY. AS THE CELEBRATION HONORED BOTH TRIUMPHS AND STRUGGLES, ONE MESSAGE REMAINED CLEAR HISTORY SHAPES THE FUTURE. HISTORY IS JOYFUL. BUT GUESS WHAT? IT맥스카지노�S ALSO PAINFUL AND WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT JOY AND THAT PAIN. GO