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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher, politician, and Union Army officer who served as Governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872 to January 13, 1873. Pinchback was the first African-American governor and the second lieutenant governor (after Oscar Dunn) in the United
The photo is indeed of Pinchback and is well documented; for some reason it is sometimes misidentified on the internet as Plessy. -- Infrogmation ( talk ) 22:36, 7 July 2012 (UTC) [ reply ] As far as I can tell (at least from a search a year or two ago), there don't seem to be any verified photos of Plessy on the internet.
The picture of P.B.S. Pinchback has been used for Plessy so often that it has replaced Pinchback in searches! One clue is that the alleged "Plessy" photo is obviously an 1870s vintage photo, Plessy (born 1862) would have been a child at the time this photo could be made. The man in the "Plessy" photo appears to be at least 30-40.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
In 1878, Pinchback became editor-in-chief but delegated most of the work of producing the paper to graduate students from Straight University. [1] The education of African Americans was a major subject of reporting in The Louisianian. The paper reported at length on Straight University and took an interest in other black schools such as Howard ...
The Union commissioned several African-American line officers of the Guard. Former Confederate Lt. Andre Cailloux, a Creole of color (free man of color) in New Orleans, was named captain of Company E. P. B. S. Pinchback, also a free man of color, was appointed as captain of Company A, and later was reassigned as company commander of the 2nd ...
P. B. S. Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) serving as a company commander in the 2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry, made up mostly of escaped slaves, later reformed as the 74th US Colored Infantry Regiment.
Like father, like son! George Clooney, 56, is one of the hottest Hollywood stars today, but there's was one family member who held that title before he ever stepped onto the scene -- his dad!