A. W. Edwards

CTL-E-4169 · Person · journalist · 1880s-1890s

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Editor of the Fargo Daily Forum who befriended Julius Taylor, urged him to write for the press, and helped secure his appointment as one of the first Black jurors west of the Mississippi River.

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Fargo, North Dakota — based in
A. W. Edwards was the editor of the Fargo Daily Forum in Fargo, North Dakota, where he mentored Julius F. Taylor's journalism.

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Julius F. Taylor — related to → this record

Sources

Zinn Education Project — 'Aug. 31, 1895: Julius Taylor Publishes Broad Ax'

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