Robert Lee Vann

(1879-1940)

Publisher & editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, 1910-40. He built it into a preeminent Black weekly, a strong voice for civil rights & economic empowerment. It had its headquarters here. Vann was special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, 1933-35.

Marker is on Centre Avenue near Francis Avenue.

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