Joseph Booker

Former slave Joseph Albert Booker, educator and editor of the state’s black Baptist newspaper, the Baptist Vanguard; circa 1924.

Older African-American man with mustache in suit and tie and glasses

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Religion / Religious Figures

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Male

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