Traverse Benjamin Pinn Sr. (November 6, 1840 - March 26, 1888) was an African American politician, civic leader, and entrepreneur. He served as a farmer, teamster, baseball player, barber, politician, storekeeper, clerk, messenger, businessman, journalist, inventor, and watchman. He co-founded The People’s Advocate,[1] the first weekly newspaper in Virginia owned and operated by African Americans. Pinn also invented and received a patent for the wooden file holder,[2] predating the metal filing cabinet by 20 years.[3] Pinn died of a suspected homicide on March 26, 1888.[4]
References
edit- ^ Penn, Irvine Garland (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Willey & Company. ISBN 978-0-598-58268-3.
- ^ Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1894.
- ^ Negro Heritage. S. C. Watkins. 1976.
- ^ "Traverse Benjamin Pinn Sr. (1840–1888)". Encyclopedia Virginia.
External links
edit- Pinn’s testimony before Congress on being threatened ahead of a planned political meeting
- AncestorsBio-Dr.T.A.Pinn
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