George L. Knox
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title:
George L. Knox
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George Levi Knox (1841–1927) from Indianapolis, Indiana, was born in Statesville, Tennessee, to enslaved parents. He was a runaway slave who served both the South and the North in the American Civil War. Later in life he published The Indianapolis Freeman from 1893 to 1926. He was an activist and a book author. Knox also owned a Negro league baseball team, Indianapolis's Barber B.B.C. His grandson, George L. Knox II, was a pilot with the Tuskegee Airman during World War II.
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American Author and former slave (1841–1927)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_L._Knox
date created:
2021-09-25T23:00:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T11:24:25Z
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