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Alonzo Gordon Wright

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Alonzo Gordon Wright

Birth
Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Death
17 Aug 1976 (aged 78)
Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Section 4, Lot 732
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First African-American to have a gas staion franchise (Standard Oil). By 1930's had 11 stations, and by the 1940's, employed more African-Americans than anyone in the U.S. Also made a plan for African-Americans to work their way through college, one of which was Jesse Owens.
First African-American to have a gas staion franchise (Standard Oil). By 1930's had 11 stations, and by the 1940's, employed more African-Americans than anyone in the U.S. Also made a plan for African-Americans to work their way through college, one of which was Jesse Owens.

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  • Maintained by: AJ
  • Added: May 29, 2001
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22562/alonzo_gordon-wright: accessed ), memorial page for Alonzo Gordon Wright (30 Apr 1898–17 Aug 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22562, citing Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by AJ (contributor 1003).