92 year old Georgia Davis Powers of Louisville died on Saturday morning. Powers broke two barriers in Kentucky politics when she became the first woman and African-American elected to the state senate. She was able to boast a 21 year career in that governing body. Powers gained national attention when she claimed to of had an affair with Doctor Martin Luther King Junior. In her autobiography “I shared the dream”, she said the affair lasted until he was assassinated in 1968.

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