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About Adolphus D. Griffin
Adolphus Dyonisius Griffin was an American newspaper editor and publisher in the Pacific Northwest, Los Angeles, and Kansas who focused on African-American causes, including disenfranchisement in business and politics. Also known as A. D. Griffin, he founded The New Age, Portland's first Black newspaper, in 1896. He was friends with Booker T. Washington and participated in the Portland chapter of the National Afro-American Council. He was also an investor in real estate.
Everything about Adolphus D. Griffin →- Occupation
- publisher, newspaper editor, real estate developer, detective
- Position held
- trustee
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 25, 1868, June 11, 1868
- Died
- June 2, 1916