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Ferdinand Lee Barnett (February 18, 1852 – March 11, 1936) was an American journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activist in Chicago, beginning in the late Reconstruction era. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, during his childhood, his African-American family fled to Windsor, Ontario, Canada, just before the American Civil War.
14 de nov. de 2007 · Born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 18, 1852, and educated at the law school later affiliated with Northwestern University, Ferdinand Lee Barnett was an attorney, writer, lecturer, and the editor and founder of Chicago’s first black newspaper, the Chicago Conservator.
23 de ene. de 2017 · By the time Ms. Wells married Ferdinand L. Barnett in Chicago, she had risen from being orphaned as a child to one of the most forceful voices against the lynchings of black Americans.
Balancing Personal and Professional Lives. Ida B. Wells met her match in Mr. Ferdinand Lee Barnett, a prominent attorney, activist, feminist, and fellow journalist, as publisher of The Conservator, the first African American newspaper in Chicago.
10 de feb. de 2017 · But languishing may not be the right word, because much like Raymond Parks, Barnett was an ardent freedom fighter in his own way as a publisher, lawyer and an unflinching advocate for social and...
Overview. Ferdinand L. Barnett. (c. 1859—1936) Quick Reference. (b. c. 1859; d. 11 March 1936), attorney and journalist. Ferdinand Lee Barnett was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1859. His father, born a slave, purchased his freedom and worked ... From: Barnett, Ferdinand L. in Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present »
Ferdinand Lee Barnett, told of the slights and discrimination that individuals and organizations endured as they sought offi-cial representation and the opportunity to exhibit. It seemed to Barnett that the contri-bution of the labor of the slaves and freed-men to the progress of the industrialized West could not logically be ignored.9
