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- Collection: Event: Louisville, KY, attorney, civil rights leader and Republican candidate Charles W. Anderson, Jr., is the first African American to be elected to the Kentucky legislature. He serves until 1946, and works to pass legislation equalizing teachers’ pay regardless of skin color; outlawing public hanging in Kentucky; and providing state aid for African Americans seeking degrees in higher education out-of-state due to Kentucky’s segregation laws.