Family :
The son Frankfort physician, Dr. Charles W. Anderson, Sr. and school teacher Tabitha Anderson
Anderson had two children, Charles III and Victoria, with his second wife Victoria McCall Anderson
Education:
He earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio's Wilberforce University 1927
A law degree from Howard University 1931
Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1933.
Howard University awarded him a doctor of laws degree in 1936.
Career:
After establishing a Louisville legal practice,, he won election to the Kentucky House in 1935.
Charles W. Anderson died on June 19, 1960 in Shelbyville, Kentucky during a train wreck
Political Achievements:
From 1935-1947 he fought for desegregation of public facilities and equality of opportunity for African Americans
Representative Anderson resigned his House seat in 1946 in order to become the first Black attorney in Kentucky or the South to become Assistant Commonwealth Attorney for Jefferson County
Proposed the Anderson-Mayer State Aid Act, requiring the legislature to appropriate funds, to assist Kentucky African Americans studying in other states
Pushed through a law that allowed public school teachers (white and black) to marry and retain their teaching positions;
Improved rural high school educational facilities for students of both races;
He is credited with the repeal of Kentucky's public hanging law.
The son Frankfort physician, Dr. Charles W. Anderson, Sr. and school teacher Tabitha Anderson
Anderson had two children, Charles III and Victoria, with his second wife Victoria McCall Anderson
Education:
He earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio's Wilberforce University 1927
A law degree from Howard University 1931
Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1933.
Howard University awarded him a doctor of laws degree in 1936.
Career:
After establishing a Louisville legal practice,, he won election to the Kentucky House in 1935.
Charles W. Anderson died on June 19, 1960 in Shelbyville, Kentucky during a train wreck
Political Achievements:
From 1935-1947 he fought for desegregation of public facilities and equality of opportunity for African Americans
Representative Anderson resigned his House seat in 1946 in order to become the first Black attorney in Kentucky or the South to become Assistant Commonwealth Attorney for Jefferson County
Proposed the Anderson-Mayer State Aid Act, requiring the legislature to appropriate funds, to assist Kentucky African Americans studying in other states
Pushed through a law that allowed public school teachers (white and black) to marry and retain their teaching positions;
Improved rural high school educational facilities for students of both races;
He is credited with the repeal of Kentucky's public hanging law.