Martin, Louis, 1912-1997

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Martin, Louis E., 1912-

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Martin, Louis, Jr.

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Martin, Louis, 1912-

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Martin, Louis E. (Louis Emanuel), 1912-1997

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Civil rights activist, newspaper publisher and columnist, and political advisor. Full name: Louis Emanuel Martin. Died 1997.

From the description of Louis Martin papers, 1931-1998 (bulk 1977-1993). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979773

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From the description of Reminiscences of Louis E. Martin : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733597

Louis Emanuel Martin was born on November 18, 1912 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1934. He worked on the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy, and was a close advisor of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson on race-related issues. He was deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1961 to December 1968. In 1978, Martin was appointed special assistant to President Jimmy Carter for Black Affairs, specializing in policies affecting minorities and women. After the end of Carter's administration, he served as assistant vice president of communications at Howard University from 1981 to 1987. In the years between his government service, he was an editor at the Michigan Chronicle (1936-1947) and the Chicago Defender (1947-1959, 1969-1978) and a columnist for the Defender (1987-1997). He died in January 1997 in Diamond Bar, California.

From the description of Martin, Louis, 1912-1997 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571325

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1912, Nov. 18 Born, Shelbyville, Tenn. 1934 A.B., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1936 Reporter, Chicago Defender 1936 1947 Editor and publisher, Michigan Chronicle 1937 Married Gertrude Scott Martin 1947 1959 Editor-in-chief, Chicago Daily Defender 1949 1952 President, National Newspaper Publishers Association 1959 1960 Editorial advisor, Amalgamated Press, Ltd., Nigeria 1961 1969 Deputy chairman, Democratic National Committee, Washington, D.C. 1969 1976 Vice president and editorial director, Sengstacke Newspaper chain, Chicago, Ill. 1970 1979 Chairman, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, D.C. 1976 1978 President, Sengstacke Newspaper chain, Chicago, Ill. 1978 1981 Special assistant to the President of the United States 1981 1987 Assistant vice president of communications, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1987 circa 1993 Chairman, Calmar Communications, Inc., Chicago, Ill. 1997, Jan. 27 Died, Orange, Calif. From the guide to the Louis Martin Papers, 1931-1998, (bulk 1977-1993), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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