Governor Chandler

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This file appears in: Charles W. Anderson, Jr.
Governor Chandler

Governor Albert "Happy" Chandler commissioned Charles Anderson as the first African American Kentucky Colonel. Chandler is shown here signing a proclamation opening up the Kentucky state police to African Americans. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Charles W. Anderson, Jr.

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1964 in Louisville notes the political career of Charles W. Anderson, Jr., the first African American elected to a Southern state legislature in the twentieth century. During the Reconstruction era, a number of African…