Remembering #TTFortune (10/3/1856 - 6/2/1928)
"His leadership was brilliant, fearless, aggressive and incorruptible. He never fawned or flattered, never bent his knee for expediency, never sold himself or his people . . . he was always a sincere friend or a sincere enemy."
"His leadership was brilliant, fearless, aggressive and incorruptible. He never fawned or flattered, never bent his knee for expediency, never sold himself or his people . . . he was always a sincere friend or a sincere enemy."
Remembering #TTFortune (10/3/1856-6/2/1928)
The Afro-American agitator steadfastly stood for civil rights. In 1884 he screamed out "Let us agitate! agitate! AGITATE! until the protest shall wake the nation from its indifference"
The Afro-American agitator steadfastly stood for civil rights. In 1884 he screamed out "Let us agitate! agitate! AGITATE! until the protest shall wake the nation from its indifference"
In 1883, following the barbarous decision of the SCOTUS in the civil rights cases, #TTFortune called for the creation of a civil rights organization. In 1890, the Afro-American League, the country's first national civil rights organization, was created.
#TTFortune's Afro-American League became the Afro-American Council in 1898 & ultimately become the foundation of the @NAACP in 1909
Fortune was also the "dean" of black journalism at the turn of the 20thC, editing his NY Globe, Freeman & Age. He also edited Garvey’s Negro World.
Fortune was also the "dean" of black journalism at the turn of the 20thC, editing his NY Globe, Freeman & Age. He also edited Garvey’s Negro World.
See also the fantastic comic on the Afro-American Agitator #TTFortune created by @AdamSerwer & @MythjaeComics via the @TheAtlantic & @thenib
Remembering #TTFortune (10/3/1856 - 6/2/1928) theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Remembering #TTFortune (10/3/1856 - 6/2/1928) theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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