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

Vancleave, Joseph

Vancleave was born in Lebanon, KY. In 1969, he was the first African American elected to the Lebanon City Council.

For more see Kentucky Black Elected Officials Directory [1970], p. 5, col. B, published by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights; and Not Without Struggle, by J. B. Horton.

Subject

First City Employees and Officials (1960s Civil Rights Campaign)

Politicians, Politics, Appointments and Elections

City Council Member

Kentucky County & Region

Read about Marion County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Kentucky Place (Town or City)

Read about Lebanon, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Item Relations

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NKAA Source: Kentucky directory of black elected officials

NKAA Source: Not without struggle : an account of the most significant political and social-action changes that have occurred in the lives of black Kentuckians in the twentieth century

NKAA Entry: King, Nora Compton Motley

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“Vancleave, Joseph,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 12, 2026, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/552.

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