Philip H. Murray | |
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| Born | 1842 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 1917 (aged 74–75) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Newspaper publisher |
| Family | Alice Murray, daughter |
Philip H. Murray (1842 – February 17, 1917) was an abolitionist, journalist, phrenologist, and civil rights activist who spent most of his career in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he participated in the abolitionist movement in that region.
During the US Civil War he continued his work and served as a recruiting officer to help enlist blacks into the Union Army. After the war, he focused on journalism. In 1867, he established the first black newspaper in Kentucky, The Colored Kentuckian. He later moved to St. Louis where he continued to work in journalism and as an advocate for black education and civil rights. He was also the president of the first Negro Press Association.[1]