John L. Thompson
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John L. Thompson
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John Lay Thompson was an Iowa journalist and businessman who played a key role in the early history of the African American newspaper the Iowa Bystander. Thompson was born to Andy and Catherine Thompson in 1869, while the family lived in Decatur County. He was the first of four children, and had one older half-brother. Born a slave in Kentucky, Andy Thompson was released by his master in 1862 and settled in Decatur County, Iowa. The elder Thompson put all his children through college with his ea
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