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Notable Negro Men
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are worthy of mention. F. b. Ram
som Is in charge of the million dol
lar business built by the late Nine.
G.. ]. Walker at Indianapolis, Ind.
Ira +. Lewis is manager of the
Pittsburg Courier, known as Amer
,ica's Best Weekly" John Murphy
is manager of the Afro-American of
Baltimore, which is one of the few
colored newspapers employing a
colored mechanical staff.
Our educators rank high. DR.. II.
r. Motion is principal OF Tuskegee
Institute. at Tuskegee, Ala, which
was founded by the late DR.. Booker
T. Washington, and is the largest
Industrial school in the world. DR..
NJ. w. Johnson is the first colOred
president of Howard University, the
largest Negro university in America.
Kelly Miller Is dean of the junior
college at Howard University and
widely, known for his lectures and
books on the race question. James
Z. Shepard Is head of the North
Carolina College for Negroes. John
Hope is president of Morehouse
College at Atlanta. Ga. Emmett j.
Scott, who was associated with the
founder of Tuskegee until his death,
in the development of the school,
Is now secretary treasurer of How
ard University. DR.. ]. W. E.
Bowen of Cannon Theological Sem
mary. Atlanta, is regarded as one
of the most brilliant figures in Ne
gro Methodism.
Editors
Our editors are rapidly coming
into their own as the real directors
of our racial policy. Robert l.. Vann
of the Pittsburgh Courier Is now
recognized as the most progressive
editor of the group. r. s. Abbott
built from. small beginnings the
widely read Chicago Defender, Carl
Murphy OF the Afro-American is
probably the only colored weekly
newspaper editor who has had the
advantage Of university training
abroad. T. Thomas Fortune, dean
OF Negro editors, has been active in
public life for more than SO years
and is now editor of the Negro
World. p. d. Young Of the Norfolk,
Va, Journal and Guide. has steadily
developed an influential, conserva-
tive organ. Fred r. Moore, editor
and publisher of the New York Age,
is one of the pillars Of Harlem. E.
Washington Rhodes Of the Philadel-
phia Tribune is ably carrying on the
tradition of the late Christopher J..
Perry, who founded the paper. c.
f. Richardson of The Houston, Tex,
Informer, is noted for his fearless
ness in section where II requires
courage TO speak the truth. w. p.
Dabney of the Cincinnati Union was
for many years paymaster of the
City. of Cincinnati, and wrote the
important book, "Cincinnati's Col
cred Citizens"
Church Leaders
In the field of religion there are
many doing notable work. Bishop
John A. Gregg is assigned to South
Africa by the A. M. T.. Church. Bish-
Cd Robert e. Jones of New Orleans
was the first colored man elevated
to, the bishopric by the M. e.
Church. DR.. r. r. Wright, Jr., one
OF the best trained men in the min
istry, is the editor Of the Christian
Recorder, religious organ. Chan
ming II. Tobias is one OF the senior
secretaries OF the Y. M. c. A. Rev.
L. X. williams, president OF the
National Baptist Convention, Inc,
is pastor OF the largest Baptist con-
gregation in America. John r. Haw-
kins Is Owe Of the most distinguished
laymen In religious work. He has