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George B. Murphy Jr.
1906–1986
United States
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George Benjamin Murphy Jr. (1906–1986) was an American newspaper editor, journalist, publicist, advertiser, and civil rights leader in Maryland and Washington, D.C. He was born into a prominent Black family which published the Baltimore Afro-American and worked as editor-in-chief of its Washington, D.C. edition.
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