Ira F. Lewis, the Glossary
Ira Foster Lewis (August 25, 1883 - September 4, 1948) was an American sportswriter, executive editor, president, and business manager of the Pittsburgh Courier.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Bill Nunn, Charles Harris (photographer), Double V campaign, Ira Lewis, Johnson C. Smith University, Lexington, North Carolina, Pittsburgh Courier, Robert Lee Vann, W. E. B. Du Bois.
- African-American history in Pittsburgh
- Editors of Pennsylvania newspapers
Bill Nunn
William Goldwyn Nunn III (October 20, 1953 – September 24, 2016) was an American actor known for his roles as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing, Robbie Robertson in the Sam Raimi ''Spider-Man'' film trilogy and as Terrence "Pip" Phillips on The Job (2001–02).
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Charles Harris (photographer)
Charles "Teenie" Harris (July 2, 1908–June 12, 1998) was an American photographer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Double V campaign
The Double V campaign, initiated by the Pittsburgh Courier from February 1942, was a drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II.
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Ira Lewis
Ira Lewis Metsky (27 August 1932 – 4 April 2015) was an American actor, writer, and playwright.
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Johnson C. Smith University
Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is a private historically black university in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Lexington, North Carolina
Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States.
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Pittsburgh Courier
The Pittsburgh Courier was an African American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh from 1907 until October 22, 1966. Ira F. Lewis and Pittsburgh Courier are African-American history in Pittsburgh.
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Robert Lee Vann
Robert Lee Vann (August 27, 1879 – October 24, 1940) was an African American newspaper publisher and editor. Ira F. Lewis and Robert Lee Vann are African-American journalists, Businesspeople from Pittsburgh and Journalists from Pennsylvania.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
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See also
African-American history in Pittsburgh
- August Wilson African American Cultural Center
- August Wilson House
- Avery College
- Crawford Grill
- Freedom House Ambulance Service
- Hill District
- Homestead Grays
- Homewood (Pittsburgh)
- Ira F. Lewis
- John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church (Pittsburgh)
- Larimer (Pittsburgh)
- Mystery (newspaper)
- National Negro Opera Company
- New Granada Theater
- New Pittsburgh Courier
- Pittsburgh Courier
- Pittsburgh Crawfords
- Pittsburgh Keystones (baseball)
- WAOB (AM)
Editors of Pennsylvania newspapers
- Albert Magnin
- Alexander McClure
- Alexander McDowell
- Amasa Converse
- Benjamin Franklin
- Bernard Gorin
- Charles Miner
- Constance Dallas
- Daniel O'Neill (editor)
- Eileen Shanahan (journalist)
- Ellis Lewis
- Ephraim Lederer
- Ernest F. Acheson
- Felix N. Gerson
- G. Harold Wagner
- Henry D. Green
- Henry Graham Ashmead
- Henry S. Evans
- Howard Altman
- Ira F. Lewis
- Israel Joseph Zevin
- J. Heron Foster
- James Tayoun
- John Barber White
- John Buchanan Robinson
- John Paley
- Joseph H. Shull
- Louis Antoine Godey
- Marjorie Paxson
- Max C. Currick
- Neville B. Craig
- Rebecca Ballard Chambers
- Robert M. Riddle
- Robert W. Criswell
- Russell Errett
- Samuel Bacon
- Thomas J. Rogers
- Thomas Valentine Cooper
- Ward R. Bliss
- William B. Conway
- William J. Duane
- William Scranton III
- William Swan Garvin
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_F._Lewis
Also known as Ira Foster Lewis.