From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Burnett E. Williams, Jr. was born in Cynthiana, KY, the son of Burnett Sr. and Lillian S. Ingles Williams. He was a 6'4" center-forward on the Banneker High School basketball team in Cynthiana. The team finished third in the 1951 Bluegrass Tournament. He continued his basketball career and education at Kentucky State College [now Kentucky State University], graduating in 1955. Williams was also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and was employed by the Cincinnati Police Department in Ohio. In 1988, he became one of the first few African Americans to earn the rank of captain with the department. His promotion came one year after A. W. Harmon, Sr. was named the second African American captain. Burnett Williams was a 35-year veteran of the Cincinnati Police Department, retiring in 1993. For more see Shadows of the past, by L. Stout; and "Burnett Williams, police captain," The Cincinnati Post, 11/21/1997, News section, p.17A.