Luska Joseph Twyman (May 19, 1913 – January 28, 1988) was a Kentucky politician and educator.
[4][5] He was an alumnus of Kentucky State University (1938; then known as Kentucky State College),[1][6] and a 1936 initiate of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Alpha Upsilon chapter.
[4] Twyman was an appointee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
[7] During his tenure as mayor, Twyman was also the principal of Ralph Bunche School (named after Ralph Bunche) in Glasgow, which originally was the city's school for African-Americans before integration.
[1] The Luska J. Twyman Memorial Park in Glasgow, Kentucky is named for him.