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Alfred S. Barnett

1858–

United States

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Alfred S. Barnett (December 27, 1858 – aft. 1905) was an American journalist and civil rights activist in Omaha, Nebraska, Des Moines, Iowa, and Chicago, Illinois. In Des Moines, Barnett created and ran the newspaper The Weekly Avalanche from 1891 to 1894.

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