Traverse Benjamin Pinn Sr. (November 6, 1840 - March 26, 1888) was an African American politician, civic leader, and entrepreneur. He co-founded The People’s Advocate,[1] the first weekly newspaper in Virginia owned and operated by African Americans. Pinn also invented and received a patent for the wooden file holder,[2] predating the metal filing cabinet by 20 years.[3] He died in 1888 after being shot in what was likely a homicide.
References
- ↑ Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. ISBN 978-0-598-58268-3.
- ↑ Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1894.
- ↑ Negro Heritage. S. C. Watkins. 1976.
External links
- "Traverse Benjamin Pinn Sr. (1840–1888)". Encyclopedia Virginia.
- Pinn’s testimony before Congress on being threatened ahead of a planned political meeting
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