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Alberta Jones Day was held in Louisville on July 8, 2023. (WDRB photo)
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It was called Alberta O. Jones Park Day at the newly-constructed 20-acre park in the California neighborhood on Maple Street.
Alberta O. Jones was the first Black woman to pass the Kentucky Bar. She then became Louisville's first female prosecutor in 1965. Jones was a national leader in civil rights activism.
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