Young, Plummer Bernard Sr.
1884-1962 · Contribution: 1910-1962
Newspaper publisher; civic leader
Purchased a small fraternal newsletter for $3,050 in 1910 and built it over 52 years into the Norfolk Journal and Guide, the largest-circulation Black newspaper in the American South and, by many accounts, the best-edited Black newspaper in the country
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1884, Littleton, North Carolina
- Active since
- 1910
- Category
- Press & Photography
- Best known for
- Building the Norfolk Journal and Guide
Impact on the world
Young built the best-edited and largest Black newspaper in the South and used his cautious but persistent influence to advance equal pay, voter mobilization, and the early institutional groundwork of Southern civil rights.
Sources
- NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
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