Draft:John Bankett

Merge to Indianapolis World?

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John C. N. Bankett was a newspaper editor, columnist and politician in Indiana. He edited the Indianapolis World.

In 1924 he was the first African American to be nominated by the Democrat Party for a seat in the Indiana General Assembly. The Indianapolis Recorder published his photo in 1937. In 1938 he wrote an article titled "The European Situation". In 1958 he was a congressional candidate.