L. Amasa Knox

L. Amasa Knox (1869 – August 10, 1949) was an American lawyer, civil rights activist, and state legislator in Missouri.

[1][2] He lived in Kansas City, Missouri where he worked as a lawyer,[3] and also held leadership positions in the NAACP Kansas City office.

[4] As a child he attended the First Baptist Church of Sussex, Virginia.

[4] Knox graduated from Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University), initially with the college preparatory coursework in 1890, followed by a A.B.

[5] Knox served as president of Kansas City's NAACP branch,[6] and was elected along with fellow African Americans Walthour Moore and G. M. Allen in 1927.