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

Johnson, Anita L.

Anita L. Johnson was the first African American elected official in Jeffersontown, KY. She was re-elected to her third term to the Jeffersontown City Council in 2006. She has served as treasurer of the Kentucky Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials.

In 1996, Johnson was founder and owner of Johnson's Errands for You in Jeffersontown; in 2000 received the Emerging Business Owner Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners. Jeffersontown is located in Jefferson County, KY, originally established as the city of Jefferson in 1797.

For more see The Honorable Anita L. Johnson in Who's Who in Black Louisville, Inaugural Edition, p. 113. For more about Jeffersontown, KY see the city website.

Kentucky County & Region

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“Johnson, Anita L.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 27, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2259.

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