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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 18, 2021) Early in his legal career, Gregory Vincent realized one of the greatest challenges of being a civil rights attorney. His involvement in a case could help set new legal precedents, but he could not go back and prevent the harm to a person that had already been committed. In his role as a professor and executive director at the University of Kentucky, he is embracing the chance to take a more proactive approach and educate the next generation of servant leaders.
Vincent, who holds both a law degree and doctorate of education, is a professor in the UK College of Education Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation and executive director of a groundbreaking collaboration between the UK College of Education and the NAACP, the nation’s largest and most preeminent civil rights organization. University faculty and NAACP leaders collaboratively developed an education and research initiative focused on educational equity, civil rights, an