L. Amasa Knox
American politician, lawyer, blacksmith, first black rep. in Missouri General Assembly, Jackson County
About L. Amasa Knox
Lived 1869 – 1949 (aged 79–80). L. Amasa Knox was an American lawyer, politician and blacksmith.
L. Amasa Knox (1869 – August 10, 1949) was an American lawyer, civil rights activist, and state legislator in Missouri. He served in the Missouri House of Representatives in the late 1920s. He lived in Kansas City, Missouri where he worked as a lawyer, and also held leadership positions in the NAACP Kansas City office.
Biography L. Amasa Knox was born in 1869 in Virginia. As a child he attended the First Baptist Church of Sussex, Virginia.
Knox served as president of Kansas City's NAACP branch, and was elected along with fellow African Americans Walthour Moore and G. M. Allen in 1927.
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Who was L. Amasa Knox?
American politician, lawyer, blacksmith, first black rep. in Missouri General Assembly, Jackson County (c. 1869–1949)
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L. Amasa Knox was born in 1869 in Greenville.
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L. Amasa Knox died in 1949.
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L. Amasa Knox was a lawyer, politician and blacksmith.
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