Draft:Warren Marr

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Warren Quincy Marr II (July 13, 1916–2010)[1] was a promoter and editor who co-founded the Amistad Research Center with Clifton A. Johnson and helped lead efforts to construct a replica of the La Amistad ship.[2] He married pioneering public official Carmel Carrington Marr in 1948. They had two sons.[1]

He was born in Pittsburgh. He studied journalism and printing at Wilberforce University.[1]

He produced and was principal interviewer for the NAACP radio series "The Black Man and Civil Rights"[1]

Writings[edit]

  • Minorities and the American Dream: A Bicentennial Perspective with Maybelle Ward (1976). Ward went on to a brief tenure heading The Crisis in the 1980s[3]
  • The third edition of "The Negro Almanac", co-author

Rwferences[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Marr, Warren Q., II (1916–2010) | Amistad Research Center".
  2. ^ "Warren Marr, II's Biography".
  3. ^ "The Crisis".
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