Chester Arthur Franklin

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Chester Arthur Franklin

Birth
Denison, Grayson County, Texas, USA
Death
7 May 1955 (aged 74)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Chester Arthur Franklin (1880-1955) founded The Call, an African American newspaper, in May 1919. He, his mother (Clara Franklin), and his wife (Ada Crogman Franklin) worked side by side to develop a newspaper for the growing African American community in Kansas City, MO.
Chester Arthur Franklin (1880-1955) founded The Call, an African American newspaper, in May 1919. He, his mother (Clara Franklin), and his wife (Ada Crogman Franklin) worked side by side to develop a newspaper for the growing African American community in Kansas City, MO.