1855 - 1900
R. C. O. Benjamin American Activist
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| Birthday |
31st March, 1855
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| Birthplace |
St. Kitts
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| Died |
2nd October, 1900
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| Place of Death |
Lexington, Kentucky
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Journalist, lawyer, minister
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| Occupation |
Activist
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R. C. O. Benjamin (March 31, 1855 – October 2, 1900) was a journalist, lawyer, and minister in the United States. He was an editor or contributor to numerous newspapers throughout the country, and may have been the first black editor of a white paper when he became editor of the Daily Sun In Los Angeles. He was also possibly the first black man admitted to the California bar, and may have been admitted to the bar in twelve states. In 1900 he was working as a prominent lawyer in Lexington Kentucky when he was beaten for helping register black voters by a white man who opposed his efforts. Later that day he was killed by the same man.
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