Percy Greene

Percy Greene
Born
Percy Green

(1897-09-07)September 7, 1897
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedApril 16, 1977(1977-04-16) (aged 79)
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation(s)Newspaper editor, newspaper owner, journalist, political figure
SpouseFrances Lee Reed
Children2

Percy Greene (1897–1977) was an American newspaper editor, and journalist.[1][2] Greene created the Jackson Advocate, Mississippi's first and oldest black-owned newspaper.[1] In the 1940s and 1950s, Greene had been a staunch civil rights activist; but by the 1960s, Green supported segregation.[3] He worked for the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission,[1][4] a state agency tasked with fighting desegregation and controlling civil rights activism.

  1. ^ a b c "Sovereignty Commission Records Show Owner of Black Newspaper Worked for Group". AP NEWS. July 30, 1989. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  2. ^ Speer, Lisa K. (July 11, 2017). "Greene, Percy". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Center for Study of Southern Culture. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  3. ^ Anderson, Trezzvant (1961-01-21). "Percy Greene Tells Why He Switched". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 34. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  4. ^ Williams, Julian (July 2002). "Percy Greene and the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission". Journalism History. 28 (2): 66–72. doi:10.1080/00947679.2002.12062597. ISSN 0094-7679. S2CID 140327502.