From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Dr. Gertrude W. Coleman was inducted into the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2007 in recognition of her activism concerning Louisville (KY)  school busing: she insisted that African American children be treated fairly.

Coleman was also president of the Black Women of Political Action and was on the board of the Park DuVall Health Center, fighting for funding for health care. In 1992, the Black Women of Political Action joined with other civic organizations to encourage African Americans in Louisville to get out and vote; a symbolic chain of human voters stretched from downtown Louisville into the African American neighborhood in West End.

For more see "Dr. Gertrude W. Coleman" second entry at the 2007 Hall of Fame, a Kentucky Commission on Human Rights website; "Louisville voters reach out to encourage Black turnout," Lexington Herald-Leader, 11/2/1992, City/State section, p.  B2; and her 2007  obituary at legacy.com.