Famed Civil Rights activist Ruby Bridges called Anderson a 'brother' during his funeral service Wednesday.
History will remember Frank Anderson as a number of things — the first Black Sheriff of Marion County, a U.S. Marshal and the first Black Deputy Sheriff to patrol the Indianapolis streets. “My dad was incredible in so many ways,” Hull said from the pulpit of the Scottish Rite Cathedral in downtown Indianapolis.
His accomplishments in local law enforcement continued from there, in which he served as a U.S. Marshal for 23 years, then became elected as Marion County’s first Black Sheriff in 2002 and again in 2006. The Indianapolis Star at the time reported he earned 66% of the vote in the first election. “Not only does it show just how many people liked Frank Anderson, but it’s important to realize he did this against the political headwinds,” Hogsett said.
Forestal recalled Anderson’s memory of going to a dentist as a young man in the U.S. Navy to check on a tooth that was recently pulled. The white dentist proceeded to do so without a numbing agent. When Anderson protested, he was told by the dentist that he’d be charged with assaulting an officer if he said another word.
Forestal and his colleagues said that Anderson as a leader never had a heavy hand. Rather, he was firm, but always peaceful.
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