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A black and white photograph of Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, the woman on the left is his wife Mamie Wiggins Nelson, the man between Rochester and his wife is the Director of Highways, the man on the right is John W. Bricker who served a United States Senator and the Governor of Ohio, Anderson was a comedian and actor best known for his role as a valet named Rochester on The Jack Benny Program, he was the first African American to have a regular role on a radio program and continued the role when the program transitioned to television, he had started his career in vaudeville and acted in many films and television shows, 1944. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)