Keeping Count: Robert A. Pelham Jr.’s Remarkable Census Work Collecting U.S. Black Population Data
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 11, 2023
By Tamara Shiloh
Robert A. Pelham Jr. was a prominent African American figure with a diverse career. Born in 1859 in Virginia, his family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he excelled in public education and began working for the Daily Post newspaper. In the 1880s, he co-founded and edited The Detroit Plaindealer, a newspaper that amplified the voices of African American leaders.
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