Draft:Emanuel Fortune Jr.
Emanuel Fortune Jr. (August 17, 1863-March 4, 1890) was a newspaperman in the United States. He was the son of Emanuel Fortune and the brother of T. Thomas Fortune who he partnered with running the New York Age newspaper in New York City, along with Jerome B. Peterson.
Born in Marianna, Florida?
He advocated for African Americans to form protection leagues in an 1889 editorial.[1]
He was part of an effort seeking to desegregate William E. Sinn's Park Theatre in Brooklyn.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ https://d2r6h7ytneza1l.cloudfront.net/title/0519243e-d83b-49cd-9016-6fd53596b2fb/cassanelloexcerpt.pdf
- ^ "Colored barbers". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 19 December 1886. p. 16.