P.L. Prattis

Biography

Percival Leroy (P.L.) Prattis (April 27, 1895 – February 29, 1980) was an American journalist. He was the city editor of the Chicago Defender, the most influential African-American weekly newspaper in the U.S. at the beginning of World War I. Later, he spent 30 years at the Pittsburgh Courier, another influential black paper, rising up to become executive editor.

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