# Alexander Manly

> Alexander Lightfoot Manly was an American newspaper owner and editor who lived in Wilmington, North Carolina. With his brother, Frank G. Manly, as co-owner, he published the Daily Record, the state's only daily African-American newspaper and possibly the nation's only black-owned daily newspaper. At the time, the port of Wilmington had 10,000 residents and was the state's largest city; its population was majority black, with a rising middle class.

*African American newspaper editor (1866-1944)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Born:** 1866
- **Died:** 1944
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Alexander Lightfoot Manly was an American newspaper owner and editor who lived in Wilmington, North Carolina. With his brother, Frank G. Manly, as co-owner, he published the Daily Record, the state's only daily African-American newspaper and possibly the nation's only black-owned daily newspaper. At the time, the port of Wilmington had 10,000 residents and was the state's largest city; its population was majority black, with a rising middle class.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 42.4
- **Momentum:** 9.2

## Sources
- [Alexander Manly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Manly)
- [ألكسندر مانلي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%8A)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4719541)

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