Carl Hines, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCarl Hines
American politician
Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1931
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 07-Sep-2016
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Carl Hines
- Carl R.
- Hines, Sr.
- (born March 23, 1931-September 7, 2016) is a former American politician in the state of Kentucky and the first African-American to have served Louisville District 43.
- He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1976 to 1986, as a Democrat.
- He attended the University of Louisville and earned a Bachelor of Science degree, and also attended Law School there.
- He is a real estate agent.
- Hines married Teresa Churchill and had four children. In 1986, Hines lead the movement to change the wording of the Kentucky State Song, My Old Kentucky Home.
- In that year, a Japanese youth group visiting the Kentucky General Assembly sang the song to the legislators, using the original lyrics that included the word "darkies".
- Hines was offended by this and subsequently introduced a resolution that would substitute the word "people" in place of "darkies" whenever the song was used by the House of Representatives.
- A similar resolution was introduced by Georgia Davis Powers in the Kentucky State Senate.
- The resolution was adopted by both chambers.
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