Lu Palmer
Lu Palmer | |
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| Born | Lutrelle Fleming Palmer, Jr. March 28, 1922 Newport News, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | September 12, 2004 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Spouse | Georgia Palmer |
| Children | 7 |
| Relatives | Ruth Apilado (second cousin) |
Lutrelle Fleming "Lu" Palmer, Jr. (March 28, 1922 – September 12, 2004) was an American reporter, political activist, radio show host, and newspaper publisher in Chicago.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Palmer was born in Newport News, Virginia to Myrtle and Lutrelle Sr., a school principal. He had two sisters, who had careers in education. Palmer became a journalist after earning a degree from Virginia University in 1942, a masters from Syracuse University in 1948, and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1950. He served the next fifty years as a reporter, newspaper publisher and radio commentator for the black community.
Palmer was a reporter for the Chicago Defender, as well as a writer for newspapers including the Chicago Daily News, and the Tri-State Defender as a columnist.
He founded his own newspaper, Black X-Press Info.
Often outspoken, he lost the sponsorship of his 13-year radio program. He was a supporter of Harold Washington, who with Palmer's help became the first African American mayor of Chicago.
Palmer was associated recruiter and organizer and preceptor of Associated Colleges of the Midwest from 1970 until 1990.[2]
Honours
[edit]He was inducted into the Chicago State University Black Writers' Hall of Fame, the Black Journalists Hall of Fame, and was awarded the Jomo Kenyatta Award for Political Activism, Grambling State's Outstanding Service Award, Bell Labs' Black Achievement Against the Odds Award in 1982, and received the Proclamation of Unity Award in 1976.[2]
Personal life
[edit]His second cousin was publisher Ruth Apilado, a newspaper editor and novelist, who founded America's Intercultural Magazine.[5]
He had seven children with his wife Jorja English Palmer, and lived in Chicago's South Side.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ report, H. Gregory Meyer, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporters Angela Rozas and Don Terry contributed to this. "LU PALMER, 82". Chicago Tribune.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d "Lutrelle "Lu" F. Palmer, II's Biography". The HistoryMakers.
- ^ "REMEMBERING LU PALMER | The Crusader Newspaper Group".
- ^ report, H. Gregory Meyer, Tribune staff reporter Tribune staff reporters Angela Rozas and Don Terry contributed to this. "LU PALMER, 82". chicagotribune.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Finding Aid to The HistoryMakers ® Video OralHistory with Ruth Apilado" (PDF). The History Makers. August 26, 2004. p. 5. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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