Occupation-Newspaper Owner
Thomas Clarence Jervay, Sr. (1914-1993)
Thomas Clarence Jervay, Sr., former National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair and activist journalist, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina (NC),...
John H. Murphy III (1916-2010)
John H. Murphy was the chairman and head publisher of the influential Afro-American Newspaper Company in Baltimore, Maryland. Murphy was...
Jay T. Harris, (1948- )
Jay T. Harris is best known as the late 20th century black newspaper executive who led a major daily newspaper,...
John Robert “J.R.” Clifford (1848-1933)
Newspaper owner John Robert Clifford was born September 13, 1848 in Williamsport, West Virginia to Isaac and Saltipa Clifford. During...
Léon-Gontran Damas (1912-1978)
Poet, editor, diplomat, and cultural theorist Léon Damas was born on March 28, 1912, in Cayenne, French Guiana. He was...
William Lewis Eagleson (1835-1899)
William Lewis Eagleson published the Colored Citizen, the first black-owned newspaper in Kansas. He was born a slave August 9,...
William Thomas Scott (1839-1917)
William Thomas Scott, also known as W.T. Scott, was a tavern/ hotel owner, newspaper owner/ editor, and politician in the...
William H. Wilson (?-?)
William H. Wilson established The Northwest Enterprise, a Seattle, Washington weekly newspaper for the African American community, in 1920 and...
Carl Murphy (1889–1967)
Carl Murphy, publisher, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 17, 1889. In 1892, his father, John Henry Murphy edited...
