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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Timothy_Thomas_FortuneTimothy Thomas Fortune - Wikipedia

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   Timothy Thomas Fortune (October 3, 1856 – June 2, 1928) was an American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher. He was the highly influential editor of the nation's leading black newspaper The New York Age and was the leading economist in the black community.

2. www.britannica.com › biography › T-Thomas-FortuneT. Thomas Fortune | African-American, Civil Rights, Activist

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   May 29, 2024 · T. Thomas Fortune was the leading black American journalist of the late 19th century. The son of slaves, Fortune attended a Freedmen’s Bureau school for a time after the Civil War and eventually became a compositor for a black newspaper in Washington, D.C. Moving to New York City about 1880, he.

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4. www.blackpast.org › fortune-t-thomas-1856-1928T. Thomas Fortune (1856-1928) - Blackpast

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   Jan 18, 2007 · T. Thomas Fortune—African American journalist, editor, and writer—was born into slavery on October 3, 1856 to Sarah Jane and Emanuel Fortune. Raised in Marianna, Florida, as a child he witnessed the politically-motivated violence of the Ku Klux Klan.

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   T. (Timothy) Thomas Fortune (1856-1928) Journalist, editor. T. Thomas Fortune was born a slave in Marianna, Florida, on October 3, 1856, and was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation of...

6. www.encyclopedia.com › timothy-thomas-fortuneTimothy Thomas Fortune | Encyclopedia.com

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   Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856-1928) was one of the most prominent black journalists involved in the flourishing black press of the post-Civil War era. Though not as well known today as many of his contemporaries, T. Thomas Fortune was the foremost African American journalist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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8. www.encyclopedia.com › t-thomas-fortuneT. Thomas Fortune | Encyclopedia.com

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   Jun 11, 2018 · Born Timothy Thomas Fortune, October 3,1856, in Marianna, FL; died June 2, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Emanuel (a slave turned political leader after the Civil War) and Sarah Jane Fortune; married Carrie C Smiley (separated, 1906); children: Jessie, Stewart (died in infancy), Fred.

9. poemanalysis.com › timothy-thomas-fortune › biographyTimothy Thomas Fortune: The Trailblazing Poet and Activist

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   Timothy Thomas Fortune was a pioneering African-American militant journalist, editor, and poet who used his writing to raise awareness for the rights of black people in America. The 19th-century poet was born into slavery in Marianna, Florida.