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Alexander Manly

African American newspaper editor (1866-1944) · Journalists · Died at 78

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.

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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.

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Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1866 to 1944 · aged 78