Alexander (or Alex) Lightfoot Manly (May 13, 1866– October 5, 1944) was an American newspaper owner and editor who lived in Wilmington, North Carolina.[1] With his brother, Frank G. Manly, as co-owner, he published the Daily Record, the state's only daily African-American newspaper and possibly the nation's only black-owned daily newspaper. At the time, the port of Wilmington had 10,000 residents and was the state's largest city; its population was majority black, with a rising middle class.
In August 1898 Manly published a editorial objecting to lynchings[2] and rejected stereotypes of black men as rapists of white women. He had earlier responded to a Rebecca Latimer Felton in Georgia who wrote about African-American males having relationships with white women. At the time, white Democrats were inflaming racial tensions and promoting white supremacy in a bid to regain power in the state legislature. They had lost control in the 1894 and 1896 elections to "fusion" candidates supported by a Republican and Populist coalition; these voters also elected Republican Daniel L. Russell as governor in 1896. When biracial fusionist candidates were elected to Wilmington's mayor and council, a secret committee of Democrats conducted the only successful coup d'état in United States history, now known as the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, and overturned the city government. They also ran the Manly brothers out of town, threatening their lives; a large mob destroyed the printing press and burned down the newspaper offices; out of control, it also attacked black neighborhoods, killing an estimated 30-100 people and destroying much of what freedmen had built in the city.
The Manly brothers were among the 2,100 blacks who permanently moved out of Wilmington after the riot, resulting in its becoming a majority-white city. The brothers moved briefly to Washington, D.C., helped by former Congressman George Henry White. He had moved to the city permanently after North Carolina passed legislation in 1899 to disenfranchise blacks in the state. Alex married Caroline Sadgwar at his house. Alex Manly and his wife moved to Philadelphia, where they had a family. Frank Manly moved to Alabama and taught at Tuskegee University. Alex Manly supported his family as a painter, but remained politically active; he helped found The Armstrong Association, a precursor to the National Urban League, and was a member of the African-American newspaper council.
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Alexander (or Alex) Lightfoot Manly (May 13, 1866– October 5, 1944) was an American newspaper owner and editor who lived in Wilmington, North Carolina...
half of the city's tailors were black. Lastly, two brothers, Alexander and Frank Manly, owned the Wilmington Daily Record, one of the few black newspapers...
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publish lynching statistics at their office in New York City. In 1898, AlexanderManly of Wilmington, North Carolina, directly challenged popular ideas about...
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delivered in Georgia on August 11, 1897. See https://www.1898wilmington.org/AlexanderManlyRebeccaFelton.shtml Litwack 1999, p. 282-283. McHenry, Robert, ed. (1983)...
suffragist, and peace activist Caroline Sadgwar Manly, one of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and wife of AlexanderManly Bertha McNeill (1887–1979), activist and...
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translator, were also suffering from a "decline in courage" and a "lack of manliness." Few were willing to die for their ideals, he said. He also condemned...
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hamstring injury that he suffered during the Gold Coast's victory over Manly. Brimson played a total of 14 games for the Gold Coast in the 2023 NRL season...
modern ideas about manliness because they're so over the top. Turpin, Zachary (Winter–Spring 2016). "Introduction to Walt Whitman's 'Manly Health and Training'"...
Cleal (Manly-Warringah) Prop: Steve Roach (Balmain) Hooker: Royce Simmons (Penrith) Coach: Tim Sheens (Penrith) Player of the Year: Greg Alexander (Penrith)...
Scotland. Retrieved 25 July 2020. "Deane, Sir Thomas Manly" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. pp. 56-57 – via Wikisource...
win at Rotorua, Alexander lost his place in the side with coach Bob Fulton preferring his 1987 premiership winning halfback from Manly-Warringah, Des Hasler...
Walden and Alan's preparing to adopt. They adopt a child, Louis (Edan Alexander), and subsequently divorce to pursue relationships with women. Alan proposes...
Representatives in 1897. Alfred Howe was his father. John worked for AlexanderManly's Daily Record newspaper as a general traveling agent. He was a Republican...
Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has represented...
Bridge). Dowie then received and accepted a call in 1873 to a pastorate at Manly, New South Wales before moving to Newtown in 1875. About this time he gave...
musician, and Lloyd, a doctor. Ryan attended St Paul's Catholic College in Manly and later earned a degree in commerce from The University of Sydney. Kwanten...
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