John T. Shuften

John T. Shuften Sr. (born 1840) was a pioneering journalist in the United States. Born in Georgia,[1] he wrote a publication about Reconstruction in the south.[2] With help from James D. Lynch, he edited the Colored American in Augusta, Georgia, in October 1865, the first newspaper in the South published by an African American. About a year later it was acquired by the Georgia Equal Rights Association and became the Loyal Georgian. John Emory Bryant became editor.[3][4]

In 1876, Shuften earned a law degree from Howard University.[1]

In 1892 the New York Times touted his switch to the Democratic Party as a result of "Republican trickery" and ran his statement explaining his switch.[5]

References
  1. "The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida on January 26, 1992 · Page 61". Newspapers.com.
  2. "A colored man's exposition of the acts and doings of the Radical party south". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "The Daily loyal Georgian. (Augusta, Ga.) 1867-186? « Georgia Historic Newspapers".
  4. "Afro-American Encyclopaedia". unc.edu.
  5. "Tired of Republican Trickery.; Why a Colored Florida Leader Leaves That Party". The New York Times. 1892-08-22. Retrieved 2021-07-15.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.