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McAnulty portrait dedicated at Supreme Court:

McAnulty portrait dedicated - First black justice honored

By Stephenie Steitzer  October 16, 2008

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky Supreme Court yesterday dedicated a portrait of Justice William McAnulty Jr., who died in August 2007 of brain cancer.
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The portrait of the state's first black justice will hang in a hallway near the Supreme Court chambers in the Capitol.

"With this portrait hanging in the hallway, I will walk by it and think, 'It's good to see you, Mac,' " Justice Mary Noble said.

McAnulty, 59, of Louisville, died just two weeks after he was forced to resign from the bench because of lung cancer that had spread to his brain.

He had served at every level of the state court system and was the first African American to sit on the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.

All seven justices shared their memories of McAnulty after two of his children, Kate and Will, unveiled the portrait.

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