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Ferdinand Lee Barnett (Chicago) Ferdinand Lee Barnett (February 18, 1852 – March 11, 1936) was an American journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activist in Chicago, Illinois, beginning in the late Reconstruction era. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, as a child he fled with his family to Windsor, Ontario, Canada, just before the American Civil War.
11 de feb. de 2020 · When he was approximately twenty years old, Ferdinand Lee Barnett (JD 1878) founded Chicago’s first black newspaper The Conservator, which advocated for social, economic, and political equality. In...
Lawyer Ferdinand Lee Barnett (seated), publisher of The Conservator, the first African American newspaper in Chicago, and his wife Ida B. Wells-Barnett (left), activist, journalist, teacher, and anti-lynching leader. They are pictured with their daughter Alfreda (right), and son Herman (in window) in the backyard of their Chicago home at 3624 Grand Boulevard.
Ferdinand Lee Barnett's father was born in Nashville and worked as a blacksmith. He purchased his family's freedom the year Ferdinand was born. They lived in Nashville until about 1859, when they left the United States and moved to Windsor, Ontario, across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan.
10 de feb. de 2017 · Ferdinand Lee Barnett, publisher, lawyer, civil rights activist. by Herb Boyd February 10, 2017. For several weeks I’ve been mulling over the idea of featuring a profile of the men behind famous ...
1 de jul. de 2020 · FerdinandLee Wells-Barnett formerly Barnett. Born 1855 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA. Son of Ferdinand Lee Barnett and Martha A (Brooks) Barnett. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Mary Henrietta (Graham) Barnett — married 14 Nov 1882 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA. Husband of Ida Bell (Wells) Wells-Barnett ...
Ferdinand Lee Barnett may refer to: Ferdinand Lee Barnett (Chicago) (1852–1936), journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activist in Illinois; Ferdinand L. Barnett (Omaha) (1854–1932), journalist, politician, and civil rights activist in Nebraska; See also.
