H. C. Weeden
Henry Clay Weeden (1862-1937) was an editor and author in the United States who wrote Weeden's history of the Colored people of Louisville.[1] It was published in 1897.[2] He edited the Christian Index and later the Zion's Banner publications. He was a delegate at Republican National Conventions for 10 years. He belong to the Knight Templar and Mason fraternal organizations.[3] He was a Republican and a member of the National Republican League.
He was born enslaved. Elijah P. Marrs, Dr. Stuart Robinson, and Colonel Bennett H. Young helped educate him.
He had editorials reprinted in the New York Independent newspaper and he served as a correspondent during the Grand Army of the Republic Escarpment in Louisville. He served as president of the Mendelssohn Singing Association. He had a law degree.[4]
He helped organize Louisville Cemetery and was a trustee at Atkinson College.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Weeden's history of the Colored people of Louisville". NYPL Digital Collections.
- ^ Weeden, Henry Clay (January 22, 1897). "Weeden's History of the Colored People of Louisville". H.C. Weeden – via Google Books.
- ^ "Weeden, Henry Clay · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu.
- ^ a b Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (August 28, 2015). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-6067-2 – via Google Books.
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