Andrew F. Stevens
Andrew F. Stevens was a banker and politician in Pennsylvania who served as a state legislator.[1] He was African American. He was elected in 1919.
He was the junior partner in Brown & Stevens, which invested in the Quality Amusement Co.[2]
John C. Asbury also elected to Pennsylvania's legislature that year.
He lived in Philadelphia. He was a Republican.[3]
He helped pass an anti-lynching bill supported by Mossell Griffin, chair of the legislative department of the National Association of Colored Women.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "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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