Mr. Wesley was the son of Harry Wesley and Mabel Green. He owned and published two African-American newspapers: The Dallas Express and The Houston Informer.
Find A Grave contributor Rae Bryant provided the following from the Houston Chronicle, Monday, November 10, 1969, Section 4, page 15, col. 5:
"Carter Wesley, 77, editor-publisher of the Houston Informer, a weekly, died today in his home at 12501 Wallisville Rd. Carter, an advocate of human rights for his race, joined the Negro publication in 1927. He had practiced law in Muskogee, Okla. for about 5 years prior to joining the Informer. With his leadership, the Informer at one time claimed a statewide circulation of 45,000. He underwent brain surgery in 1961 and has been in poor health since that time. His newspaper had crusaded for equal rights for Negroes here prior to integration of hotels, restaurants and theaters in the early 60s. His former circulation manager, Herman Marion Sweatt, was the first Negro admitted to the University of Texas after a court fight in 1948. Wesley received his bachelor of arts degree from Fisk University in Tennessee and his law degree from Northwestern. He served overseas in France in World War I. He leaves his wife, Doris, two daughters, Delores of Houston and Mrs. Katherine Ennix, Oakland, Cal. and a son, Horace Wesley, also of Houston. Besides the majority ownership in the Informer, he owned the Dallas Express also a weekly. His late mother, Mrs. Mabel Wesley, was the first Negro woman principal in the Houston public school system. The Mabel Wesley Elementary school at 800 Dillard was named for her. He was a member of the Masonic order, the Shriners and the Elks. His long-time secretary, Mrs. Lenora Driver, says that Thurgood Marshall, now a Supreme Court justice, "dictated his brief in Mr. Wesley's office here" that resulted in giving Negroes the right to vote in primary elections in Texas. Wesley was one of 11 Negro publishers sent to Germany by the U.S. Government in 1948 to investigate claims of discrimination against black servicemen in that country."
Find A Grave contributor Rae Bryant provided the following from the Houston Chronicle, Monday, November 10, 1969, Section 4, page 15, col. 5:
"Carter Wesley, 77, editor-publisher of the Houston Informer, a weekly, died today in his home at 12501 Wallisville Rd. Carter, an advocate of human rights for his race, joined the Negro publication in 1927. He had practiced law in Muskogee, Okla. for about 5 years prior to joining the Informer. With his leadership, the Informer at one time claimed a statewide circulation of 45,000. He underwent brain surgery in 1961 and has been in poor health since that time. His newspaper had crusaded for equal rights for Negroes here prior to integration of hotels, restaurants and theaters in the early 60s. His former circulation manager, Herman Marion Sweatt, was the first Negro admitted to the University of Texas after a court fight in 1948. Wesley received his bachelor of arts degree from Fisk University in Tennessee and his law degree from Northwestern. He served overseas in France in World War I. He leaves his wife, Doris, two daughters, Delores of Houston and Mrs. Katherine Ennix, Oakland, Cal. and a son, Horace Wesley, also of Houston. Besides the majority ownership in the Informer, he owned the Dallas Express also a weekly. His late mother, Mrs. Mabel Wesley, was the first Negro woman principal in the Houston public school system. The Mabel Wesley Elementary school at 800 Dillard was named for her. He was a member of the Masonic order, the Shriners and the Elks. His long-time secretary, Mrs. Lenora Driver, says that Thurgood Marshall, now a Supreme Court justice, "dictated his brief in Mr. Wesley's office here" that resulted in giving Negroes the right to vote in primary elections in Texas. Wesley was one of 11 Negro publishers sent to Germany by the U.S. Government in 1948 to investigate claims of discrimination against black servicemen in that country."
Mr. Wesley was the son of Harry Wesley and Mabel Green. He owned and published two African-American newspapers: The Dallas Express and The Houston Informer.
Find A Grave contributor Rae Bryant provided the following from the Houston Chronicle, Monday, November 10, 1969, Section 4, page 15, col. 5:
"Carter Wesley, 77, editor-publisher of the Houston Informer, a weekly, died today in his home at 12501 Wallisville Rd. Carter, an advocate of human rights for his race, joined the Negro publication in 1927. He had practiced law in Muskogee, Okla. for about 5 years prior to joining the Informer. With his leadership, the Informer at one time claimed a statewide circulation of 45,000. He underwent brain surgery in 1961 and has been in poor health since that time. His newspaper had crusaded for equal rights for Negroes here prior to integration of hotels, restaurants and theaters in the early 60s. His former circulation manager, Herman Marion Sweatt, was the first Negro admitted to the University of Texas after a court fight in 1948. Wesley received his bachelor of arts degree from Fisk University in Tennessee and his law degree from Northwestern. He served overseas in France in World War I. He leaves his wife, Doris, two daughters, Delores of Houston and Mrs. Katherine Ennix, Oakland, Cal. and a son, Horace Wesley, also of Houston. Besides the majority ownership in the Informer, he owned the Dallas Express also a weekly. His late mother, Mrs. Mabel Wesley, was the first Negro woman principal in the Houston public school system. The Mabel Wesley Elementary school at 800 Dillard was named for her. He was a member of the Masonic order, the Shriners and the Elks. His long-time secretary, Mrs. Lenora Driver, says that Thurgood Marshall, now a Supreme Court justice, "dictated his brief in Mr. Wesley's office here" that resulted in giving Negroes the right to vote in primary elections in Texas. Wesley was one of 11 Negro publishers sent to Germany by the U.S. Government in 1948 to investigate claims of discrimination against black servicemen in that country."
Find A Grave contributor Rae Bryant provided the following from the Houston Chronicle, Monday, November 10, 1969, Section 4, page 15, col. 5:
"Carter Wesley, 77, editor-publisher of the Houston Informer, a weekly, died today in his home at 12501 Wallisville Rd. Carter, an advocate of human rights for his race, joined the Negro publication in 1927. He had practiced law in Muskogee, Okla. for about 5 years prior to joining the Informer. With his leadership, the Informer at one time claimed a statewide circulation of 45,000. He underwent brain surgery in 1961 and has been in poor health since that time. His newspaper had crusaded for equal rights for Negroes here prior to integration of hotels, restaurants and theaters in the early 60s. His former circulation manager, Herman Marion Sweatt, was the first Negro admitted to the University of Texas after a court fight in 1948. Wesley received his bachelor of arts degree from Fisk University in Tennessee and his law degree from Northwestern. He served overseas in France in World War I. He leaves his wife, Doris, two daughters, Delores of Houston and Mrs. Katherine Ennix, Oakland, Cal. and a son, Horace Wesley, also of Houston. Besides the majority ownership in the Informer, he owned the Dallas Express also a weekly. His late mother, Mrs. Mabel Wesley, was the first Negro woman principal in the Houston public school system. The Mabel Wesley Elementary school at 800 Dillard was named for her. He was a member of the Masonic order, the Shriners and the Elks. His long-time secretary, Mrs. Lenora Driver, says that Thurgood Marshall, now a Supreme Court justice, "dictated his brief in Mr. Wesley's office here" that resulted in giving Negroes the right to vote in primary elections in Texas. Wesley was one of 11 Negro publishers sent to Germany by the U.S. Government in 1948 to investigate claims of discrimination against black servicemen in that country."
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