Aj Smitherman

On may 31 1921 a mob of angry white men ravaged oklahomas greenwood district destroying homes and businesses and leaving as many as 300 black people dead. Smitherman best known as a heroic advocate of self defense for african americans in a time of intense racist violence aj smitherman was a leading black political figure in the american west. Welcome to the aj.
a.j. smitherman

27 1883 in childersburg ala he moved to the indian territory with his parents in the 1890s.

Aj smitherman. Smitherman former editor and publisher of the tulsa star. Smitherman best known as a heroic advocate of self defense for african americans in a time of intense racist violence aj smitherman was a leading black political figure in the american west. Smitherman was a black political. Smitherman was jailed as was his brother sheriffs deputy john smitherman.

Smitherman is best known for being the founder of the tulsa star tulsas first black newspaper and the first black daily newspaper in the nation according to his obituary in the buffalo evening news. Smitherman the first african american newspaper editor and publisher to produce a long running daily in the state of oklahoma. His plant valued at more than 4000000 and his home were destroyed in the massacre of june 1 1921 he and his family miraculously escaping with their lives. Smitherman left tulsa after posting bond and went on to open a newspaper in buffalo new york where he became an.

Always an inquiring student with well endowed native abilities he. Smitherman online museum this site is dedicated to the late great aj. Smitherman is best known for being the founder of the tulsa startulsas first black newspaper and the first black daily newspaper in the nation according to his obituary in the buffalo evening news. The above is a family group picture of aj.

2 who after his exile from oklahoma following the tulsa race riot of 1921 went on courageously and against all odds to lead a successful career in journalism for an additional 35 years. Smitherman was a press pioneer that distributed the first democratic african american newspaper in oklahoma and the east coast and organized resistance against lynchings and mob violence causing him to be indicted for inciting the the tulsa massacre of 1921. However there is much more to celebrate about smithermans life and work. Born on december 27 1883 in childersburg alabama smitherman moved to indian territory with his parents in the 1890s.

However there is much more to celebrate about smithermans life and work. His name is andrew j.