Timothy Thomas Fortune, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Timothy Thomas Fortune

American writer and activist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1856

Place of Birth: Marianna, Florida, United States

Date of Death: 02-Jun-1928

Profession: writer, editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Timothy Thomas Fortune (October 3, 1856 – June 2, 1928) was an American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher.
He was the highly influential editor of the nation's leading black newspaper The New York Age and was the leading economist in the black community.
He was a long-time adviser to Booker T.
Washington and was the editor of Washington's first autobiography, The Story of My Life and Work.
Fortune’s philosophy of militant agitation on behalf of the rights of black people laid one of the foundations of the Civil Rights Movement.