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| − | Born in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, Roscoe Dungee (1883-1965), came to Oklahoma just before his 9th birthday. Although he only had an 8th grade education, Dunjee was a voracious reader, and an eloquent and prolific writer. As a young man he worked in the print shop of the Langston Herald in Langston, Oklahoma, and began writing stories for the Oklahoma Gazette as early as ‘04. In 1913 Dunjee purchased a printing plant. | + | Born in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, Roscoe Dungee (1883-1965), came to Oklahoma just before his 9th birthday. Although he only had an 8th grade education, Dunjee was a voracious reader, and an eloquent and prolific writer. As a young man he worked in the print shop of the Langston Herald in Langston, Oklahoma, and began writing stories for the Oklahoma Gazette as early as ‘04. In 1913 Dunjee purchased a printing plant. The first edition of his newspaper, The [[Black Dispatch]], was published November 5, 1914. |
| − | As a newspaper publisher, Roscoe Dunjee often used his paper as a vehicle to encourage people to organize and to fight for civil rights. Eventually the Black Dispatch had a readership of over 24,000. Dungee advocated for things like voting rights during the time of Jim Crow, and desegregation of schools, and other public spaces. Throughout his many fights for legal rights for African Americans and also raised legal funds for a number of court cases. Some of these instances led to the Supreme Court, one ruling that African Americans couldn’t be excluded from juries, while another determined that Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher could attend the University of Oklahoma’s law school. He retired from the newspaper business at the age of 70. Roscoe Dunjee is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery. | + | As a newspaper publisher, Roscoe Dunjee often used his paper as a vehicle to encourage people to organize and to fight for civil rights. Eventually the Black Dispatch had a readership of over 24,000. Dungee advocated for things like voting rights during the time of Jim Crow, and desegregation of schools, and other public spaces. Throughout his many fights for legal rights for African Americans and also raised legal funds for a number of court cases. Some of these instances led to the Supreme Court, one ruling that African Americans couldn’t be excluded from juries, while another determined that Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher could attend the University of Oklahoma’s law school. He retired from the newspaper business at the age of 70. Roscoe Dunjee is buried in [[Fairlawn Cemetery]]. |
Revision as of 16:46, 24 February 2021
Born in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, Roscoe Dungee (1883-1965), came to Oklahoma just before his 9th birthday. Although he only had an 8th grade education, Dunjee was a voracious reader, and an eloquent and prolific writer. As a young man he worked in the print shop of the Langston Herald in Langston, Oklahoma, and began writing stories for the Oklahoma Gazette as early as ‘04. In 1913 Dunjee purchased a printing plant. The first edition of his newspaper, The Black Dispatch, was published November 5, 1914.
As a newspaper publisher, Roscoe Dunjee often used his paper as a vehicle to encourage people to organize and to fight for civil rights. Eventually the Black Dispatch had a readership of over 24,000. Dungee advocated for things like voting rights during the time of Jim Crow, and desegregation of schools, and other public spaces. Throughout his many fights for legal rights for African Americans and also raised legal funds for a number of court cases. Some of these instances led to the Supreme Court, one ruling that African Americans couldn’t be excluded from juries, while another determined that Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher could attend the University of Oklahoma’s law school. He retired from the newspaper business at the age of 70. Roscoe Dunjee is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery.
