| LC control no. | n 83195682 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vann, Robert L., 1879-1940 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Richmond (Va.) Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1879-08-27 |
| Death date | 1940-10-25 |
| Place of birth | Ahoskie (N.C.) |
| Affiliation | Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.) Western University of Pennsylvania |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyer Publishers and publishing Civil rights workers Newspaper editors |
| Found in | The Competitor, Jan. 1926, surrogate (a.e.) cover p. 2 (Robert L. Vann) LC data base 7/21/83 (hdg.: Vann, Robert L., 1887-1940) Brewer, J.H. Robert Lee Vann and The Pittsburgh courier, 1941: p. 1 (b. 1879, in the backwoods of Ahoskie, N.C.) News and observer (Raleigh, N.C.), 26 Oct. 1940: p. 7 (Robert Vann dies of long illness. R.L. Vann, 61, prominent Negro publicist ... publisher of The Pittsburgh courier died Oct. 25 ... native of Ahoskie, N.C.) La Brie, H.G. Robert Lee Vann and the editorial page of The Pittsburgh courier, 1970: p. 1 (Robert Lee Vann, 1879-1940, distinguished alumnus of Virginia Union University) p. 3 (Robert was born Aug. 27, 1879) Rummel, Jack. African-American social leaders and activists, ©2003: pages 206-207 (Robert Lee Vann, lawyer, publisher, civil rights activist, 1879-1940. Attended the Wayland Academy in Richmond, Virginia 1901-1903 and from 1903-1906 Western University in Pittsburgh, then attended Western's law school, graduating with his LL.B. in 1909. Became counsel, later editor and treasurer for the "Pittsburgh Courier", one of the leading African-American newpapers in the 1920s and 1930s.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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