Timothy Thomas Fortune

Timothy Thomas Fortune (October 3, 1856June 2, 1928) was an American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher. He was the highly influential editor of the nation's leading black newspaper ''The New York Age'' and was the leading economist in the black community. He was a long-time adviser to Booker T. Washington and was the editor of Washington's first autobiography, ''The Story of My Life and Work''. Fortune's philosophy of militant agitation on behalf of the rights of black people laid one of the foundations of the Civil Rights Movement. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South

    Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South by Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928

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    The Negro Problem

    The Negro Problem by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932 [Contributor]; Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 [Contributor]; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 [Contributor]; Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928 [Contributor]; Kealing, H. T. (Hightower Theodore), 1860-1918 [Contributor]; Smith, Wilford H. [Contributor]; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 [Contributor]

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