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Paul Knauls
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Paul Knauls is known for owning and managing The Cotton Club, a very popular Portland (Oregon) jazz club in the 1960s. Early life Paul Knauls Sr. was born in Huntington, Arkansas in 1931. Knauls joined the Air Force in 1949 just 17 days after graduating from high school. Knauls was the first African-American to be stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington. While serving in the Air Force, Knauls learned how to repair typewriters, and after being honorably discharged in 1953 he began working as typewriter repairman. Knauls worked up to three jobs at a time in order to save up enough money to fulfill his goal of owning a business. In addition to working as a typewriter repairman Knauls also worked as a dishwasher in a hotel and ski instructor on weekends. External links and sources <references /> |
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