Alex Manly

Alex Manly lived from 1866-1944. He was an African American editor in North Carolina in the 19th century. He was a descendant of the NC governor Chales Manly. HE became an editor for the Wilmington Daily record in 1895. That business was the only African American owned daily paper in the U.S. His office was destroyed in the 1898 Wilmington race riots on November 10th that same year. He was forced to flee Wilmington. He relocated to Philadelphia, PA. Not much is really certain about his life later on. However, he did help found the Armstron Association, a forerunner of the Urban League. His papers and some pictures of one of his sons are in the archives at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

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