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Charles W. Anderson Jr.

1907–1960

United States

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Charles W. Anderson Jr. (May 26, 1907 – June 14, 1960) was an African-American lawyer, state legislator and civil rights leader in Kentucky. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1936 until 1946, and was the first African American elected to the Kentucky legislature.

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