Chapter 8

Cleo & George Lowe

In 1929, Henry Lowe was seriously injured in a steel mill accident in Aliquippa. He was black, so no hospital in Aliquippa would treat him. By the time he arrived at a hospital in Pittsburgh, it was too late to save his life.

That left his wife Fannie as a black single mother of Ruth, a seven-year-old daughter, and George, a five-year-old son. From a tough situation like this, you might expect the boy to get into trouble and spend 30 years in prison. 

Not in the case. The boy, George Lowe, grew up to serve in the army during World War II, go to college, become a dentist, get married, raise a family, work for civil rights, and spend thirty years – not in prison – but on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank. . . .

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