Trezzvant W. Anderson papers, 1939-1963.

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Trezzvant W. Anderson papers, 1939-1963.

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The collection consists of the papers of Trezzvant W. Anderson from 1939-1963. Includes correspondence, miscellaneous documents, photographs, and newspaper articles relating to his journalistic career. Correspondence to Anderson relates to his work as reporter on the PITTSBURGH COURIER, 1947-1952, and as roving reporter on the PITTSBURGH COURIER covering African American activities on the East Coast and in the South from 1953-1963. Letters to Anderson from William G. (Bill) Nunn, executive editor of the PITTSBURGH COURIER, and its managing editor, P.L. Prattis, constitute the bulk of the correspondence and concern story assignments to Anderson with comments on the various aspects of denial of civil rights to African Americans, and internal office shifts in editorial policies and personnel at the PITTSBURGH COURIER.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Anderson, Trezzvant William, 1906-1963

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Trezzvant William Anderson (1906-1963) was an author and journalist best known for reporting on the injustices and inequalities of the Jim Crow South at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. For most of his career as a journalist, Anderson was affiliated with the "Pittsburgh Courier", first as a desk reporter in Pittsburgh in 1947, and eventually as the "Courier Roving Reporter," traveling throughout the Southeastern United States. Anderson considered himself the voice of the people and often...

Nunn, William G.

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Prattis, Percival Leroy, 1895-1980

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Percival Leroy (P. L.) Prattis was born on April 27, 1895 in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the only son of Alexander and Ella (Spraggins) Prattis. He attended grade school at the Christiansburg Industrial Institute in Cambria (now Christiansburg), Virginia, from 1908 to 1912. For further education, he attended the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia, from 1912 to 1915. He later graduated in 1916 from the Ferris Institute, which was a pre...