Abby Marlatt

Abby Lindsey Marlatt, Ph.D. (December 5, 1916 – March 3, 2010) was a social justice activist and a teacher scholar committed to civic engagement. While a professor at the University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington, Kentucky, she became the center of controversy at UK in the mid-1960s over anti-war protests and whether the university could censor her in her role as a public intellectual. She was honored for her work by many academic, professional and community organizations including the National Conference for Community and Justice, and she was inducted into the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141223164751/http://kchr.ky.gov/hof/halloffame01.htm?&pageOrder=0&selectedPic=9 Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2001]. Provided by Wikipedia