On This Day In Black History Sept 16 - Claude Albert Barnett
Claude Albert Barnett was born on September 16, 1889, in Sanford, Florida. His great-grant grandparents were free Negroes in antebellum Raleigh, North Carolina, and at a young age he went to live with his grandmother in Matoon, Illinois. Barnett attended elementary school in Mattoon and in Oak Park, Illinois.
Claude Albert Barnett (September 16, 1889 – August 2, 1967) was an American journalist, publisher, entrepreneur, philanthropist, civic activist, Pan-Africanist, and founder of the Associated Negro Press (ANP). He started the first international news agency for black newspapers.
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Saturday, September 16th 2023 at 4:59PM
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