As a part of the City of Hopkinsville and the Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission’s Unity Breakfast, awards will be presented to a member(s), group, or organization who currently live in and have contributed much to our community.
The award is named for Hal Thurmond and his wife Bettye whose work to integrate housing, lunch counters, public schools, and to improve race relations in Christian County in the 1950s and ‘60s earned them a posthumous induction into the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame in the fall of 2006. Owner of Blue Lake Block Co. and president of the local Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Thurmond demonstrated his commitment to the civil rights movement by helping to establish the Human Rights Commission, for which Bettye became executive director.
If you know someone in the Hopkinsville-Christian County area who’s making a difference to improve the community through his/her dedication to human relations, please nominate them for the Hal & Bettye Thurmond Award presented by the Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission.