A. G. W. Sango (born 1868) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and school founder in

Muskogee, Oklahoma Muskogee () is the thirteenth-largest city in Oklahoma and the county seat of Muskogee County. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately southeast of Tulsa. The population of the city was 36,878 as of the 2020 census, a 6.0 percent decrease ...

. He was one of Muskogee's most prominent African-American leaders.

Life

Sango was born a half mile north of Muskogee by the

Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United Stat ...

. He received a 160-acre allotment and worked as a teacher. Sango organized and led the Creek Citizens Bank and served as treasurer of Sango Baptist College, a school for African American Creek he organized. Sango was the first editor of the '' Muskogee Sun'', which launched in 1893. He also served as president of the Muskogee Businessmen's League. In 1921, Sango was suspended from practicing law for six months. Sango was a Republican.https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1001%26context%3Dportlandinquirer

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