February 21: C.H. Poindexter and Frank Moore

Curator Information

Reinette F. Jones, University of KentuckyFollow

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• Two African American men charged with sodomy in Caldwell County, KY, in 1909.
• Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the lower court, ruling that the Caldwell Circuit Court properly dismissed the indictment. Oral sex was not sodomy.
• All charges were dismissed.
• The case of C. H. Poindexter and Frank Moore is one of the earliest with African Americans challenging state sodomy laws.
• Nothing more is known about the lives of C. H. Poindexter and Frank Moore.

For more information about the case, visit “Commonwealth v. Poindexter,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database.

Curation Date

2-21-2018

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