Andrew F. Stevens
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Andrew F. Stevens (1866-1951)[1] was a banker and politician in Pennsylvania who served as a state legislator.[2] He was African American. He was elected in 1919.
He was the junior partner in Brown & Stevens, which invested in the Quality Amusement Co.[3]
John C. Asbury also elected to Pennsylvania's legislature that year.
He lived in Philadelphia. He was a Republican.[4]
He helped pass an anti-lynching bill supported by Mossell Griffin, chair of the legislative department of the National Association of Colored Women.[5]
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[edit]- ^ https://www.google.com/search?q="andrew+stevens"+pennsylvania+representative&sca_esv=9102e70e77a48ac0&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS1006US1006&hl=en-US&biw=375&bih=647&tbm=bks&sxsrf=ADLYWIKOLOHMdFgkWzeXUvEqJ6Vs-Nr_KA%3A1725561856049&ei=APzZZt3MAqHyiLMPqNbNsQ0&oq="andrew+stevens"+pennsylvania+representative&gs_lp=Eg9tb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXNlcnAiLCJhbmRyZXcgc3RldmVucyIgcGVubnN5bHZhbmlhIHJlcHJlc2VudGF0aXZlMggQABiABBiiBDIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGKIEGIkFMggQABiABBiiBEiiMVC8KljBLXAAeACQAQGYAawBoAHlBaoBAzAuNbgBA8gBAPgBAYoCGW1vYmlsZS1nd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAtbW9kZXOYAgSgAugEwgIEECMYJ5gDAIgGAZIHAzAuNKAHtA8&sclient=mobile-gws-serp
- ^ "The Messenger". Messenger Publishing Company. March 31, 1921 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Black candidates win in state legislatures1, 1920". The New York Age. November 13, 1920. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Stevens, A to B". politicalgraveyard.com.
- ^ "Document 20: "MRS. Mossell Griffin's Lynch Bill as a Model," [1922] | Alexander Street Documents".
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