1967 EDWARD BREATHITT signed photo Democratic governor Kentucky Civil Rights

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[KENTUCKY GOVERNOR NED BREATHITT SIGNED PHOTO 1967; KENTUCKY DERBY ASSOCIATION; CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER] EDWARD T. BREATHITT / NED BREATHITT, KENTUCKY GOVERNOR 1963-67, Kentucky Derby association signed photograph 1967, inscribed
“To Betty and Vern, With Best Wishes, Edward T. Breathitt, Gov. of Ky., Derby 1967”, taped on typed slip on back “At the Ky. Derby 1967, Breakfast with the gov. of Kentucky”, black-and-white photograph, 8” x 10”, group of 5 persons with Breathitt standing in the middle
/// POINTS OF INTEREST:
“Edward Thompson Breathitt, Jr.
(November 26, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A member of one of the state's political families, he was the 51st Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1963 to 1967…
His major accomplishment as governor was the passage of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, the first desegregation law passed by a southern state
…Breathitt was one of three [Southern] governors to oppose George Wallace's proposed constitutional amendment to give states and state courts sole jurisdiction over their public schools, preventing a federal law to integrate them…” (wikipedia); “
Edward T. Breathitt Jr., a former Democratic governor of Kentucky who made civil rights his theme at a time when few politicians below the Mason-Dixon line would do so… Elected with the support of civil rights leaders
, he built on the record of his predecessor and mentor, Gov. Bert T. Combs…Governor Breathitt, who was close to President Lyndon B. Johnson, pressed a reluctant Legislature for a public-accommodations bill banning discrimination in all businesses. He lobbied Democratic governors to support civil rights legislation pending in Washington.” (N. Y. Times obituary, 10/16/2003)
/// CONDITION:
well-preserved, negligible wear